adhyāvāhanikaṃ

Dictionary meanings for adhyāvāhanikaṃ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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adhyāvāhanikaṃ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[adhyāvāhanaṃ pitṛgṛhā- tpatigṛhagamanaṃ, tatkāle labdhaṃ; labdhārthe ṭhan] One of the six kinds of strīdhana or woman's property, the property which she receives when leaving her father's house for her husband's; yat punarlabhate nārī nīyamānā tu paitṛkāt (gṛhāt). adhyāvāhanikaṃ nāma strīdhanaṃ parikīrtitam...

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