adhyāpanaṃ

Dictionary meanings for adhyāpanaṃ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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adhyāpanaṃ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[i-ṇic, bhāve-lyuṭ] Teach- ing, instructing, lecturing, especially on sacred knowledge; one of the [Page0051-c+ 57] six duties of a Brāhmaṇa. Accord- ing to Indian law-givers adhyāpana is of three kinds: (1) undertaken for charity, (2) for wages and (3) in consideration of services render- ed; cf. Hārīta: adhyāpanaṃ ca trividhaṃ dha- rmārthamṛkthakāraṇam. śuśrūṣākaraṇaṃ ceti trividhaṃ parikīrtitam..

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