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कटाग्नि

   
Script: Devanagari

कटाग्नि     

A dictionary, Marathi and English | Marathi  English
kaṭāgni m S The punishment of binding straw or grass around a criminal and setting it on fire.

कटाग्नि     

 पु. अपराध्याच्या अंगाला गवत बांधुन त्याला आग लावून जाळण्याची शिक्षा . ( सं . कट = गवत + अग्नि )

कटाग्नि     

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
कटाग्नि  m. m. fire kept up with dry grass or straw
straw placed round a criminal (according to, [Kull.] the straw is wound round his neck and then kindled), [Mn. viii, 377] ; [Yājñ. ii, 282] ; [MBh.]

कटाग्नि     

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English
कटाग्नि  m.  (-ग्निः)
1. A fire of grass or straw.
2. Straw, &c. investing a criminal who is to be burnt and set on fire.
E. कट, and अग्नि fire.
ROOTS:
कट अग्नि

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