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The Sanskrit word vāstu means a dwelling or house with a corresponding plot of land. [14] The vrddhi , vāstu , takes the meaning of "the site or foundation of a house, site, ground, building or dwelling-place, habitation, homestead, house".
Wada is a Marathi word for denoting a large mansion. The term, in all probability, is derived from the Sanskrit word Vata, meaning a plot or a piece of land meant for a house. Over time it came to denote the house built on that plot. Wadi, an extended meaning of wada, denotes a cluster of huts. [1]
Grihapravesha (Sanskrit: गृहप्रवेश, romanized: Gṛhapravēśa, lit. 'solemn entrance into a house') [1] is a Hindu ceremony performed on the occasion of one's first entrance into one's new house. [2] This ceremony is similar in nature to a housewarming party.
A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir (in Sanskrit), Devasthanam (in Konkani and Hindi), Pura (in Balinese), or Kovil (in Tamil), is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to whom it is dedicated.
The Sanskrit word grhastha (गृहस्थ) is a composite grha-stha of two root words grha (गृह) and stha (स्थ). Grha means "home, family, house", [10] while sth means "devoted to, occupied with, being in". [11] Gṛhastha means that which "being in and occupied with home, family" or simply "householder". [1]
Nouns are given in their nominative case, with the genitive case supplied in parentheses when its stem differs from that of the nominative. (For some languages, especially Sanskrit, the basic stem is given in place of the nominative.) Verbs are given in their "dictionary form". The exact form given depends on the specific language:
A śālā (Shala) is a Sanskrit term that means any "house, space, covered pavilion or enclosure" in Indian architecture. [2] In other contexts śālā – also spelled calai or salai in South India – means a feeding house or a college of higher studies linked to a Hindu or Jain temple and supported by local population and wealthy patrons.
This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. Most of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meaning of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed. Both languages belong to the Indo-European language family and have numerous cognate terms; some examples are "mortal", "mother", "father" and the names of the ...