añjali

Dictionary meanings for añjali from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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añjali

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. (añj), the open hands placed side by side and slightly hollowed (as if by a beggar to receive food; hence when raised to the forehead, a mark of supplication), reverence, salutation, benediction 11,1 2321 m. a libation to the Manes (two hands full of water, udakāñjali) VP. &c 11,1 2322 m. a measure of corn, sufficient to fill both hands when placed side by side, equal to a kud2ava kuḍava. 001526 11,1 2323 n....

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