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Results for वैहार्य

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Apte Dictionary

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

वैहार्यvaihāryaa.To be sported with, to be made the subject of jokes or pleasantry (said of the brother of one's wife or of the…
To be sported with, to be made the subject of jokes or pleasantry (said of the brother of one's wife or of the wife's relatives in general); यथा बालेषु नारीषु वैहार्येषु तथैव च । संकरेषु निपातेषु तथापद्व्यसनेषु च । अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे ... Mb.
Derived forms and compounds
- -र्यम् Sportiveness, fun.
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वैहार्यvaihāryamfn. to be played or sported with, to be conciliated by playfulness or raillery (applied to a wife's brother…
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be played or sported with, to be conciliated by playfulness or raillery (applied to a wife's brother or brother-in-law or other relations of a wife) MBh.
2. neuter gender playfulness, sportiveness, fun ibidem
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