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observance meaning in Sanskrit

प्रतीक्षण pratīkṣaṇa

/əbˈzɜːvəns/US/əbˈzɝvəns/

observance in Sanskrit: प्रतीक्षण (pratīkṣaṇa), यम (yáma). In English, observance means the practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.

Sanskrit words for observance

observance, fulfilment
प्रतीक्षण pratīkṣaṇa
observance, rule
यम yáma

English meaning of observance

  1. noun The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
  2. noun The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
  3. noun Observation or the act of watching.
  4. noun A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.

Full definition of observance

observance in a sentence

  • Thomas Merton was a monk in the Order of Cistertians of the Strict Observance.

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Questions about observance in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of observance in Sanskrit?
Observance in Sanskrit is प्रतीक्षण (pratīkṣaṇa), यम (yáma).
observance इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Observance: प्रतीक्षण (pratīkṣaṇa), यम (yáma).
What does observance mean in English?
Observance means the practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “observance”: प्रतीक्षण, यम. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: observance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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