ten cows and one bull
([व्]ऋषभै ([v]ṛṣabhai)कादशा गावस् (kādaśā gāvas), ‘cows that have a bull as the eleventh’ i.e. ten cows and one bull, Gaut.; Mn. &c.) [ID=39781]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
एकादशीekādaśī
एकादशी (ekādaśī) is a Sanskrit word meaning the eleventh, ten cows and one bull, plus eleven, consisting of eleven, lasting eleven, the number eleven. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The Number Eleven / Consisting of Eleven, Ekādaśī (Eleventh Lunar Day and its Observance), Eleventh-Day Post-Mortem Rites.
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The Number Eleven / Consisting of Eleven
4 definitions
plus eleven
together with eleven, plus eleven, Vop. [ID=39782]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
consisting of eleven, lasting eleven
consisting of eleven, lasting eleven (e.g. months), RV.; Atharva-veda (Title) v, 16, 11; MBh. &c. [ID=39783]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the number eleven
(H3B) [Printed book page 230,1]
एकादश (ekādaśa) (अम् (am)), n. the number eleven, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) 2. [ID=39786]
एकादश (ekādaśa) (अम् (am)), n. the number eleven, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) 2. [ID=39786]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Ekādaśī (Eleventh Lunar Day and its Observance)
1 definition
the eleventh day of a fortnight
(H3B) [Printed book page 230,1]
एकादशी (ekādaśī) (ई (ī)), f. the eleventh day of a fortnight (on which fasting is considered an indispensable observance and very efficacious), MBh.; Kathās. &c. [ID=39784]
एकादशी (ekādaśī) (ई (ī)), f. the eleventh day of a fortnight (on which fasting is considered an indispensable observance and very efficacious), MBh.; Kathās. &c. [ID=39784]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Eleventh-Day Post-Mortem Rites
1 definition
offerings made to deceased ancestors on the eleventh day after their death
presentation of offerings to Pitṛs or deceased ancestors on the eleventh day after their death (on which occasion Brāhmans are fed, and the period of impurity for a Brāhman terminates) [ID=39785]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
The Eleventh (Ordinal Number)
1 definition
the eleventh
(H3) [Printed book page 230,1]
एकादश (ekādaśa) a mf(ई (ī))n. the eleventh, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 85, 45; ŚBr.; Mn. &c. [ID=39780]
एकादश (ekādaśa) a mf(ई (ī))n. the eleventh, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 85, 45; ŚBr.; Mn. &c. [ID=39780]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 1 work: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.