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Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

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Jun 22, 2022

Forty words for/related to kissing in Sanskrit

अधरपानम्—drinking the lips

अधररसपानम्—drinking nectar from the lips

अनुघ्राणम्—smelling (=kissing) repeatedly

अभिचुम्बनम्—touching with the face (=lips) on both sides

अवघ्रः—an act of smelling (=kissing) with determination

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अवघ्राणम्—smelling (=kissing) with determination

आघ्राणम्—smelling (=kissing) all around

आचुम्बनम्—touching with the face (=lips) all around

आरेहणम्—licking all around

आस्यन्धयः/आस्यन्धयी—he/she who drinks from the mouth (=a kisser)

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उपघ्राणम्/उपशिङ्घनम्—smelling (=kissing) up-close

उपाघ्राणम्—smelling (=kissing) up-close from all sides

चुम्बनदानम्—the gift of a kiss

चुम्बनम्—touching with the face (=lips)

दशनोच्छिष्टम्/वदनोच्छिष्टम्—the act in which something (=saliva) is left from the teeth/mouth

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Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

Apr 1, 2022

On All Fools’ day, learn ten #Sanskrit words for a fool

‘ajna’ (अज्ञ): “one who does not know”

‘astadhi’ (अस्तधी): “one who has thrown away their intellect”, “or one whose intellect has set [like the sun at night]”

‘devanampriya’ (देवानाम्प्रिय): “dear to the gods”

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‘balisha’ (बालिश): “one associated with a fish-hook”, i.e. one who can be deceived like fish are by a fish-hook

‘mudha’ (मूढ): “one who has been confused/bewildered”

‘murkha’ (मूर्ख): “one who is confused/bewildered [easily]”

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‘yathajata’ (यथाजात): “one who has not grown beyond being a newborn”

‘vivekavishranta’ (विवेकविश्रान्त): “one whose discrimination is on rest/sleeping”

‘vaidheya (वैधेय): “one who follows rules ‘vidhi’s [without thinking]”

‘hasra’ (हस्र): “one who laughs [unnecessarily]”

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Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

Dec 16, 2021

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What does it mean when elders bless us in Sanskrit as “āyuṣmān bhava” (आयुष्मान् भव, for a male) or “āyuṣmatī bhava” (आयुष्मती भव, for a female)?

The commonly understood meaning is “may you have a long life”.

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This is correct, for the primary meaning of ‘āyuṣmat’ (आयुष्मत्), from which ‘āyuṣmān’ and ‘āyuṣmatī’ are derived, is “long-lived” (Apte).

However, this is not the only meaning.

The suffix ‘-mat’ in ‘āyuṣmat’ also has the sense of praise.

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Hence, another meaning of “āyuṣmān bhava” or “āyuṣmatī bhava” is “may you have a praiseworthy (=noble) life”.

This meaning, “having a praiseworthy/noble life”, is not listed in Sanskrit dictionaries. However, it is as per the rules of Sanskrit grammar.

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Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

Dec 13, 2021

‘काशी’ नाम का अर्थ

Meaning of the name ‘Kashi’

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Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

Nov 20, 2021

नूतनगृहप्रवेशकर्म।

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Nityānanda Miśra (मिश्रोपाख्यो नित्यानन्दः)

@MisraNityanand

Nov 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/Schandillia/status/1460984734696173570

This thread is full of schoolboy errors. This is what happens when people who have no basic knowledge of Sanskrit grope in the dark and imagine meanings.

Let us see the blunders in this thread, one tweet at a time.

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https://twitter.com/Schandillia/status/1460984734696173570

https://twitter.com/Schandillia/status/1460984752370905090

Claim: "हन्यन्ते derives from हंत्व".

Truth: हन्यन्ते is a verbal conjugation: 3rd-person plural (प्रथमपुरुष-बहुवचन), present tense (लट् लकार), passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), from √हन् = “to kill” and also “to strike” (Apte).

हन्यन्ते is not from हंत्व

https://twitter.com/Schandillia/status/1460984752370905090

हन्त्व is an adjective, from which one gets inflected forms like हन्त्वः हन्त्वौ हन्त्वाः. हन्यते is a conjugation, from root हन्, from which we get conjugations like हन्यते हन्येते हन्यन्ते in passive voice. Our scholar cannot tell a verbal conjugation from an inflected form!

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