पौनर्भव

{ paunarbhava }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PAUNARBHAVA   See under Bandhudāyāda.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पौनर्—भव  mfn.  mf( आ)n. relating or belonging to a widow who has married a second husband

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पौनर् भव

पौनर्—भव  m.  m. the son of a widow remarried, [Mn.]; [Gaut.]; [MBh.] &c.

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भर्तृ   (with ) a woman's second husband, [Mn. ix, 176.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पौनर्भव [paunarbhava] a.  a. [पुनर्भू विदा˚ अपत्ये अञ्]
Relating to a widow who has married a second husband.
Repeated, superfluous.
वः The son of a widow remarried, one of the twelve sons recognised by the old Hindu law; [Y.2.13;] या पत्या वा परित्यक्ता विधवा वा स्वयेच्छया । उत्पादयेत् पुनर्मूत्वा स पौनर्भव उच्यते ॥ [Ms.9.175.] भस्मनीव हुतं हव्यं तथा पौनर्भवे द्विजे [Mb.13.9.15;] [Ms.3.1.55.]
The second husband of a woman; पौनर्भवेन भर्त्रा सा पुनः संस्कारमर्हति [Ms.9.176.]

Shabda-Sagara

पौनर्भव  mfn.  ( -वः-वी-वं) Repeated, additional.
 m.  ( -वः)
1. The son of a widow remarried, one of the twelve sons or heirs admitted by the old Hindu law; the son of a twice-married woman.
2. The second husband of a woman.
E. पुनर्भव, aff. अण् .

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पुनर्भव अण् .