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    See also anumaraṇa, anumaraṇaṃ.


    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 103.
    anumaraṇam See under anumṛ.
    vol. 1, p. 103.
    anumaraṇam Following in death; tanmaraṇe cānumaraṇaṃ kariṣyā- mīti me niścayaḥ H.3; post-cremation of a widow (anumaraṇaṃ hi bhartardeśāntarādimaraṇe dehādyalābha eva); deśāntaramṛte patyau sādhvī tatpādukādvayam | nidhāyorasi saṃśuddhā praviśejjātavedasam || This is allowed to Kṣatriya, Vaiṣya and other women, but not to Brāhmaṇa women; pṛthak citāṃ samāruhya na viprā gantumarhati. Bāṇa severely condemns this practice; see K.173-4.