# एकादशी (ekādaśī)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `ekAdaSI`  **IAST:** ekādaśī  **Devanagari:** एकादशी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekadashi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ekadashi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The Number Eleven / Consisting of Eleven (4 definitions)
- ten cows and one bull  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( [ 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 ]
- plus eleven  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > together with eleven, plus eleven, Vop. [ ID=39782 ]
- consisting of eleven, lasting eleven  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > consisting of eleven, lasting eleven ( e.g. months), RV.; Atharva-veda (Title) v, 16, 11; MBh. &c. [ ID=39783 ]
- the number eleven  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 230,1] एकादश (ekādaśa) ( अम् (am) ), n. the number eleven, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) 2. [ ID=39786 ]

### Ekādaśī (Eleventh Lunar Day and its Observance) (1 definition)
- the eleventh day of a fortnight  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]

### Eleventh-Day Post-Mortem Rites (1 definition)
- offerings made to deceased ancestors on the eleventh day after their death  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]

### The Eleventh (Ordinal Number) (1 definition)
- the eleventh  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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