Grihapravesha, Gṛhapravēśa, Gṛhapraveśa, Griha-pravesha: 8 definitions
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Grihapravesha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Gṛhapravēśa and Gṛhapraveśa can be transliterated into English as Grhapravesa or Grihapravesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygṛhapravēśa (गृहप्रवेश).—m (S) The ceremony of occupying a just-built house;--consulting signs and aspects &c., feasting and merry-making. The word answers to House-warming. 2 The first entrance, by the female, of the house of her husband: also the festivities and rites on the occasion.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgṛhapravēśa (गृहप्रवेश).—n The ceremony of occupying a just-built house. The first entrance, by the female, into the house of her husband.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGṛhapraveśa (गृहप्रवेश).—a solemn entrance into a house according to prescribed rites.
Derivable forms: gṛhapraveśaḥ (गृहप्रवेशः).
Gṛhapraveśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gṛha and praveśa (प्रवेश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGṛhapraveśa (गृहप्रवेश):—[=gṛha-praveśa] [from gṛha > gṛbh] m. solemn entrance into a house.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGṛhapravēśa (ಗೃಹಪ್ರವೇಶ):—
1) [noun] the ceremonial going into a newly constructed house.
2) [noun] an instance of this and the rituals observed on that occasion.
3) [noun] the formal entrance of a bride in to her husbaṇḍs house.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryGṛhapraveśa (गृहप्रवेश):—n. ritual entrance into a new house;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Griha, Pravesha.
Starts with: Grihapraveshahoma, Grihapraveshana, Grihapraveshaniya, Grihapraveshaprakaranatika, Grihapraveshavidhi.
Ends with: Vadhugrihapravesha.
Full-text: Gharapravesha, Vadhugrihapravesha, Mugdhaprabodha, Gharanighoni.
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