नान्दीमुख

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : आभ्युदयिक श्राद्ध

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नान्दी—मुख  mfn.  mf( ई)n. having a cheerful face, [Siṉhâs.]

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नान्दी—मुख  m.  m. pl. (with or scil. पितरस्; also °खः पितृ-गणह्) a class of deceased ancestors to whom a partic. श्राद्ध, is offered (according to some the 3 ancestors preceding the great-grandfather), [GṛS.]; [Yājñ.]; [Pur.] &c.

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नान्दी—मुख  m.  m. = नाण्डी-पट, [L.]

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नान्दी—मुख  n.  n. ( [Hcat.]) = -श्राद्ध n. a श्राद्ध offered to a class of deceased ancestors ( cf. above), [Cat.]

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Shabda-Sagara

नान्दीमुख  m.  ( -खः)
1. The lid or cover of a well.
2. The class of male progenitors to whom the Nāndi-mukha-shrāddha is addressed. f. ( -खी) A female ancestor sharing in the same.
 n.  ( -खं)
1. A speci- es of the Sarkari, metre.
2. A Shrāddha or funeral obsequies per- formed on joyous occasions, as initiation, marriage, &c. in which nine balls of meat are offered to the deceased father, paternal grandfather, and great grandfather; to the maternal grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather; and to the mother, paternal grandmother, and paternal great grandmother.
E. नान्दी good fortune, मुख principal.

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