एकपत्नी

A dictionary, Marathi and English

Having but one wife: also faithful to the marriage-bed, continent--a male. 2 That has been married but once: or that is resolved against marrying again; or that has but one wife at a time.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

a   Having but one wife. Faithful to the marriage-bed, continent.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

वि.  
एकच बायको असणारा ; दुसरें लग्न न करण्याचा बाणा बाळगणारा ; एक बायको असतांना दुसरी न करणारा .
विवाहित स्त्री ( धर्मपत्नी ) वांचून इतर स्त्रियांशीं संबंध न ठेवणारा ; व्यभिचारी नसणारा . [ एक + पत्नी ]
०व्रत  न. 
सर्व आयुष्यांत एकाच स्त्रीशीं विवाह करावयाचा असें व्रत ; एकभार्याव्रत ; एकविवाह व्रत .
फक्त लग्नाच्या स्त्रीशींच संबंध ठेवावयाचा असा बाणा . तूं क्षत्री एकपत्नीव्रती । दुसरी वरिली कां अपकीर्ति ॥ एकबांण एकवचन । एकपत्नीव्रत पूर्ण । चौदा वर्षे भरल्याविण । कदापि आग मन घडेना ॥ - रावि १२ . ११२ .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

एक—पत्नी  f.  f. a woman who has only one husband or lover, a faithful wife, one devoted to her husband or lover, [Pāṇ. 4-1, 35]; [AV. x, 8, 39]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.

ROOTS:

एक पत्नी

यस्    pl. () women who have the same husband, [Mn. ix, 183]
a single wife, an only wife, [BhP.]

Shabda-Sagara

एकपत्नी  f.  ( -त्नी)
1. A faithful wife, one devoted to her husband.
2. The wife of a man who has no other wives.
E. एक one or excellent, पति a husband, न substituted for the final, and ङीप् aff.

ROOTS:

एक पति न ङीप्