abhisheka
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeka, “consecration, anointing of a king”), from अभिसेचते (abhisecate, “he sprinkles”), from अभि (abhi, “towards, in the direction of”) + सिच् (sić, “to pour or sprinkle”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
abhisheka (plural abhishekas)
- (India) A ceremony involving ritual washing, cleansing or anointing. [from 19th c.]
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 115:
- I paid the head priest for the abhishekh and asked him if I could have some privacy for a few moments.
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 145:
- The origins os the abhisheka lay in Vedic ritual; it was an intricate procedure involving several baths and changes of vestments.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 115:
Translations
Indian ceremony involving washing, cleansing and anointing
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References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abhisheka”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
Portuguese
Noun
abhisheka f (plural abhishekas)
- abhisheka (a ceremony involving washing, cleansing and anointing)
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