অকালবোধন
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Bengali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- অকাল বোধন (okal bōdhon)
Etymology
[edit]Sanskritic tatpuruṣa compound of অকাল (okal) + বোধন (bōdhon).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɔkalbod̪ʱɔn/, [ˈɔkalbod̪ʱɔn]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɔkalbod̪ʱɔn/, [ˈɔkalbod̪ʱɔn]
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Noun
[edit]অকালবোধন • (okalbōdhon)
- untimely call or invocation
- (figurative) pursuing a work in undue time
- (Hinduism) untimely invocation of Goddess Durga, especially in the autumnal month of আশ্বিন (aśśin) when শারদীয় দুর্গাপূজা (śarodiẏo durgapuja, “autumnal worship of Durga”) is celebrated.
Related terms
[edit]- মহালয়া (mohaloẏa)
- বাসন্তী পূজা (baśonti puja)
- worship celebrated marking the ascertained invocation of Durga in বসন্ত (bośonto, “spring”)