ordeal meaning in Sanskrit
शपथ śapátha
/ɔːˈdiːl/US/ɔɹˈdil/
ordeal in Sanskrit: शपथ (śapátha), दिव्य (divyá), समय (samayá), प्रत्यय (pratyaya). In English, ordeal means a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
Sanskrit words for ordeal
- ordeal
- शपथ śapátha
- ordeal , अग्नि , जल , विष , कोश , तण्डुल , तप्त-माष , फाल , धर्माधर्म , तुलसी , compare ss.vv.) Yājñ. ii, 22, 95 Pañc. i, 450/451, 451, 452, etc
- दिव्य divyá
- an ordeal
- समय samayá, प्रत्यय pratyaya
English meaning of ordeal
- noun A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
- noun A painful or trying experience.
- noun The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean.
Synonyms of ordeal
ordeal in other languages
Questions about ordeal in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of ordeal in Sanskrit?
- Ordeal in Sanskrit is शपथ (śapátha), दिव्य (divyá), समय (samayá), प्रत्यय (pratyaya).
- ordeal इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Ordeal: शपथ (śapátha), दिव्य (divyá), समय (samayá), प्रत्यय (pratyaya).
- What does ordeal mean in English?
- Ordeal means a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “ordeal”: दिव्य, प्रत्यय, शपथ, समय. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: ordeal (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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