abiseka

Indonesian

/abi.se.ka/

noun
Definitions
  • (Hinduism) ceremony of watering, related to coronation, inauguration, installation; etc.

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit अभिषेक (etc, consecration, anointing of a king, installation, sprinkling, watering, water used in such consecration, coronation, consecration by watering, over-sprinkling, inaugurating consecrating by sprinkling water, inauguration, anointing, wetting).

Origin

Sanskrit

अभिषेक

Gloss

etc, consecration, anointing of a king, installation, sprinkling, watering, water used in such consecration, coronation, consecration by watering, over-sprinkling, inaugurating consecrating by sprinkling water, inauguration, anointing, wetting

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