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Results for रायणम्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

रायणम्rāyaṇam1 Sounding, making noice.
1. 1 Sounding, making noice.
2. Pain.
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चान्द्रायणम्cāndrāyaṇamA religious observance or expiatory penance regulated by the moon's age (the period of its waxing and waning)…

[चन्द्रस्यायनमिवायनमत्र पूर्वपदात् संज्ञायां णत्वम् संज्ञायां दीर्घः स्वार्थे अण् वा Tv.]

A religious observance or expiatory penance regulated by the moon's age (the period of its waxing and waning); (in it the daily quantity of food, which consists of fifteen mouthfuls at the full moon, is diminished by one mouthful every day during the dark fortnight till it is reduced to zero at the new moon, and is increased in like manner during the bright fortnight); Compare Y.3.324 et seq. and Ms.11.217.

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तुरायणम्turāyaṇam1 Non-attachment to any object or pursuit (असंग).
1. 1 Non-attachment to any object or pursuit (असंग).
2. A kind of sacrifice; Ms.6.1.
3. A kind of vow (व्रत); Mb.13.13.34.
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प्रायणम्prāyaṇam1 Entrance, beginning, commencement.
1. 1 Entrance, beginning, commencement.
2. The path of life.
3. Voluntary death; पुत्रे राज्यं समासृज्य कुर्वीत प्रायणं रणे Ms.9.323.
4. Taking refuge, refuge; प्रायणं हि सतामहम् Bhāg.11.11.48;6.5.31.
5. Death; मनुष्येषु प्रायणान्तमोङ्कारमभिध्यायीत Praśna Up.5.1.
6. A kind of food (prepared in milk); प्रायणं भगवत्प्रोक्तं भुञ्जते वाऽग्रभोजनम् Mb.12.335.25.
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मेत्रायणम्metrāyaṇamBenevolence; समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मैत्रायणगतिश्चरेत् Mb.12.16.27. (-णाः m. pl.) N. of a Vedic school; also…

Benevolence; समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मैत्रायणगतिश्चरेत् Mb.12.16.27. (-णाः Masculine Plural) Name of a Vedic school; also मैत्रायणी.

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