Mayarani, Māyarāṇī: 1 definition

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Mayarani means something in 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.

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

māyarāṇī (मायराणी).—f A certain elf or goblin-goddess worshiped by females and the lower classes. Pr. aḍakyācī mā0 sāpikyācā śadūra 2 A reviling term for the stuffed cake karañjī. māyarāṇīcē divē m pl Little lamp-saucers made of wheaten flour, and presented, with oil and kindled wicks in them, to the elf or sprite called māya- rāṇī. A rite of women in the month āṣāḍha. As saucers or bowls of wheaten flour similar to these lamps are made and eaten by women, so māyarā- ṇīcē divē khāllē phira phirūna gharāsa yētēṃ is said angrily of a bold, obtrusive, and troublesome female.

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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.

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