incumbent

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   अवस्थित  avasthita adj.
   being incumbent upon  
   गार्हस्थ्य  gArhasthya adj.
   fit for or incumbent on a householder   
   गृह्याग्नि  gRhyAgni m.
   sacred fire which it is incumbent on every Brahman to keep up     
            

Monier Williams

English

 INCUMBENT,  a.
  (Lying on,  resting on) अवलम्बी -म्बिनी -म्बि (न्), 
अवलम्बितः -ता -तं,  आश्रितः -ता -तं,  उपाश्रितः -ता -तं,  उपस्थः -स्था
-स्थं,  उपस्थायी -यिनी -यि (न्),  उपरिस्थः -स्था -स्थं.
— (Obligatory, 
indispensable) अवश्यकर्त्तव्यः -व्या -व्यं,  अवश्यकः -का -कं,  आवश्यकः
-की -कं,  अवश्यकरणीयः -या -यं,  sometimes expressed by the
fut. pass.
   part.
  alone
 as,  ‘it is incumbent upon you to
go, ’ त्वया गन्तव्यं,  or by the use of the verb अर्ह् (c.  1. अर्हति)
as,  ‘it is incumbent upon you to marry the damsel, ’ त्वं
कन्यां वोढुम् अर्हसि.

 INCUMBENT,  s.
  (The person in possession of a benefice) धर्म्मवृ-
त्तिभोगी m.
  (न्),  धर्म्मवृत्तिधारी m.
  (न्),  वृत्तिभोगी m.
 

Borooah

English

 INCUMBENT (adj. ): v.
  Indispensable,  obliga-
-tory.

 INCUMBENT (subs. ): अधिकृतः (= employee).

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Raghuvira

English

English:
  incumbent
adj. (obligatory) आभार्य,  अनिवार्य

English:
  incumbent
आश्रिता m.
to be incumbent अनिवार्य होना

English:
  incumbent
Related:
  Law
n. (of an office) पदधारी (-इन्) m. (Const.)

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