ṣāṇmāsika

Dictionary meanings for ṣāṇmāsika from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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ṣāṇmāsika

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. (kī f.) 1 Six monthly, half-yearly.

2 Six months’ old; mauktikānāṃ ṣāṇmāsikānāṃ Vb. 1. 17.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mf (I) n. (fr. ṣaṇmāsa) six-monthly, half-yearly, six months old, of six months' standing, lasting six months Mn.; MBh. &c (cf. ṣaṇ-, māsika) 1111,1 225536 m. N. of a poet Cat. 141996 1111,1 225537 mfn. = ṣāṇmāsika A1s3vS3r. (cf. ṣaṇ-māya) 1111,1 225538 f. a six-monthly funeral ceremony (between the 170th and 180th day after a person's death) L. 141997 1111,1 225539

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