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Results for अनुमरणम्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनुमरणम्anumaraṇamSee under अनुमृ.
See under अनुमृ.
Derived forms and compounds
- अनुमरणम् anumaraṇam Following in death; तन्मरणे चानुमरणं करिष्या- मीति मे निश्चयः H.3; post-cremation of a widow (अनुमरणं हि भर्तर्देशान्तरादिमरणे देहाद्यलाभ एव); देशान्तरमृते पत्यौ साध्वी तत्पादुकाद्वयम् । निधायोरसि संशुद्धा प्रविशेज्जातवेदसम् ॥ This is allowed to Kṣatriya, Vaiṣya and other women, but not to Brāhmaṇa women; पृथक् चितां समारुह्य न विप्रा गन्तुमर्हति. Bāṇa severely condemns this practice; see K.173-4.
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