अभ्यंगस्नान

Marathi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from अभ्यंग (abhyaṅga, “abhyanga”) +‎ स्नान (snān, “bath”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əbʱ.jəŋ.ɡə.snan/
Hyphenation: अभ्‧यं‧ग‧स्नान
Rhymes: -an

Noun

अभ्यंगस्नान • (abhyaṅgasnān) n^[1]^[2]

an ablution performed using scented oils and ubtan (a paste of turmeric, besan, Ayurvedic herbs, rosewater etc.), holding special importance on Naraka Chaturdashi and Gudi Padwa.
- 1971, “दिवाळीचे नजारे [Scenes of Diwali]”, in Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika, number 182, Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, page 22:
  ...युवतींनी तेले चोपडली, अत्तरे लावली, अभ्यंगस्नान घातले...
  ...yuvtīnnī tele copaḍlī, attare lāvlī, abhyaṅgasnān ghātle...
  ...young women applied oils, annointed themselves with perfumes, performed abhyangasnans...
- 2025 October 20, Sharayu Kakade, “तीळ तेल, उटणे लावून अभ्यंगस्नान का करतात? तज्ञ सांगतात आरोग्य फायदे [tīḷ tel, uṭṇe lāvūn abhyaṅgasnān kā kartāt? tadnya sāṅgtāt ārogya phāyde, Why do people perform an abhyangasnan after applying sesame oil and ubtan? Experts explain the health benefits]”, in Loksatta‎^[1]:

Declension

Declension of अभ्यंगस्नान (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	अभ्यंगस्नान abhyaṅgasnān
direct plural	अभ्यंगस्नाने, अभ्यंगस्नानं abhyaṅgasnāne, abhyaṅgasnāna
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अभ्यंगस्नान abhyaṅgasnān	अभ्यंगस्नाने, अभ्यंगस्नानं abhyaṅgasnāne, abhyaṅgasnāna
oblique सामान्यरूप	अभ्यंगस्नाना abhyaṅgasnānā	अभ्यंगस्नानां- abhyaṅgasnānān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अभ्यंगस्नानाला abhyaṅgasnānālā	अभ्यंगस्नानांना abhyaṅgasnānānnā
ergative	अभ्यंगस्नानाने, अभ्यंगस्नानानं abhyaṅgasnānāne, abhyaṅgasnānāna	अभ्यंगस्नानांनी abhyaṅgasnānānnī
instrumental	अभ्यंगस्नानाशी abhyaṅgasnānāśī	अभ्यंगस्नानांशी abhyaṅgasnānānśī
locative सप्तमी	अभ्यंगस्नानात abhyaṅgasnānāt	अभ्यंगस्नानांत abhyaṅgasnānāt
vocative संबोधन	अभ्यंगस्नाना abhyaṅgasnānā	अभ्यंगस्नानांनो abhyaṅgasnānānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अभ्यंगस्नान (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अभ्यंगस्नानाचा abhyaṅgasnānāċā	अभ्यंगस्नानाचे abhyaṅgasnānāċe	अभ्यंगस्नानाची abhyaṅgasnānācī	अभ्यंगस्नानाच्या abhyaṅgasnānācā	अभ्यंगस्नानाचे, अभ्यंगस्नानाचं abhyaṅgasnānāċe, abhyaṅgasnānāċa	अभ्यंगस्नानाची abhyaṅgasnānācī	अभ्यंगस्नानाच्या abhyaṅgasnānācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अभ्यंगस्नानांचा abhyaṅgasnānānċā	अभ्यंगस्नानांचे abhyaṅgasnānānċe	अभ्यंगस्नानांची abhyaṅgasnānāñcī	अभ्यंगस्नानांच्या abhyaṅgasnānāncā	अभ्यंगस्नानांचे, अभ्यंगस्नानांचं abhyaṅgasnānānċe, abhyaṅgasnānānċa	अभ्यंगस्नानांची abhyaṅgasnānāñcī	अभ्यंगस्नानांच्या abhyaṅgasnānāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

More information

^ Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “अभ्यंगस्नान”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अभ्यंगस्नान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

[1] Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “अभ्यंगस्नान”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

[2] Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अभ्यंगस्नान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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