vṛṣalī

Dictionary meanings for vṛṣalī from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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vṛṣalī

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 An unmarried girl twelve years old; particularly, a girl re- maining unmarried at her father's house in whom menstruation has commenced; piturgehe ca yā nārī rajaḥ paśyatyasaṃskṛtā. bhrūṇahatyā pitustasyāḥ sā kanyā vṛṣalī smṛtā...

2 A woman during menstruation.

3 A barren woman.

4 The mother of a still- born child.

5 A Śūdra female, or the wife of a Śūdra. Comp. patiḥ the husband of a Śūdra woman....

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