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successor meaning in Sanskrit

उत्तराधिकारिणी uttarādhikāriṇī

/səkˈsɛsə//səkˈsɛsɚ/

successor in Sanskrit: उत्तराधिकारिणी (uttarādhikāriṇī). In English, successor means a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

Sanskrit words for successor

successor
उत्तराधिकारिणी uttarādhikāriṇī

English meaning of successor

  1. noun A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
  2. noun The next heir in order or succession.
  3. noun A person who inherits a title or office.
  4. noun The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

Full definition of successor

successor in a sentence

  • George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
  • They haven't yet named her successor.
  • A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.

Synonyms of successor

successor in other languages

Questions about successor in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of successor in Sanskrit?
Successor in Sanskrit is उत्तराधिकारिणी (uttarādhikāriṇī).
successor इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Successor: उत्तराधिकारिणी (uttarādhikāriṇī).
What does successor mean in English?
Successor means a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “successor”: उत्तराधिकारिणी. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: successor (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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