Vapanaprayoga, Vapana-prayoga: 2 definitions
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Vapanaprayoga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVapanaprayoga (वपनप्रयोग) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the ceremony of shaving the Brahmacārin for the first time. B. 1, 234.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVapaṇaprayoga (वपणप्रयोग):—[=vapaṇa-prayoga] [from vapaṇa > vap] m. Name of a treatise on the ceremony of shaving the Brahma-cārin for the first time.
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.
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