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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: archive.org: History of Dharmasastra (Vol II Part I)

Samañjana (समञ्जन) refers to “anointing the bride and bride-groom” and represents one of the various Marriage Rites (saṃskāra) according to the Saṅkhyāyana-gṛhya-sūtra I.12.5.—The main outlines of the marriage saṃskāra show a remarkable continuity for several thousand years from the times of the Rig Veda down to modern times.—Samañjana refers to “anointing the bride and bride-groom”. Vide Saṅkhyāyana-gṛhya-sūtra I.12.5, Gobhila-gṛhya-sūtra II.2.15, Par. gr. I.4, in all of which Ṛgveda X.85.47 is cited as the mantra with which anointing or sprinkling is done.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samañjana (समञ्जन).—[adjective] fitting together; [neuter] rubbing in, anointing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Samāñjana (समाञ्जन):—[from sama] n. a [particular] eye-ointment, [Suśruta]

2) Samañjana (समञ्जन):—[=sam-añjana] [from sam-añj] mfn. fitting together, [Atharva-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] n. smearing, anointing (See next)

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Samanjana in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Sam, Cam, Anjana, Ancana.

Starts with: Samanjanavat.

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