prostitution

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   वेश्यावृत्ति  vezyAvRtti  m.
    prostitution    
   वारसेवा  vArasevA f.
   prostitution    
   वैशिक  vaizika n.
   prostitution   
   वेश्य  vezya n.
   prostitution    
   भोगगुच्छ  bhogaguccha n.
   hire of prostitution   
   अवेशसदृश  avezasadRza adj.
   not like prostitution    
   शुल्क  zulka m.
 n.
   wages of prostitution   
   रूपाजीव  rUpAjIva adj.
   living by prostitution    
   भाटि  bhATi f.
   earnings of prostitution   
   वेश  veza m.
   prostitution or a house of ill fame   
   भार्याट  bhAryATa adj.
   living by the prostitution of a wife  
   वैशिक  vaizika adj.
   relating to or treating of prostitution    
   महिषी  mahiSI f.
   unchaste woman or money gained by a wife's prostitution      
            

Monier Williams

English

 PROSTITUTION,  s.
  वेश्यात्वं,  वेश्यावृत्तिः f.
 ,  पौश्चल्यं,  वारसेवा,  भगवृत्तिः f.
 , 
भगव्यापारः,  भगजीविका,  वेश्याजविका. See HARLOTRY.
— (De-
voting to infamous purposes) गर्ह्यकर्म्मार्थं प्रयोगः,  कुत्सितकर्म्मार्थं
विनियोगः,  गर्ह्यकर्म्मणि or कुत्सितकर्म्मणि नियोजनं,  पण्यकरणं,  सर्व्वो-
पभोग्यकरणं
 ‘wages of prostitution, ’ पण्यस्त्रिया भृतिः f.
  or
भाटकं,  वेशः.

Borooah

English

 PROSTITUTION:
I Lit.: वेश्यावृत्तिः।
II Fig.:
perh.
  नीचवृत्तिता।

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Raghuvira

English

English:
  prostitution
Related:
  Law
Law वेश्याकर्म n.,  वेश्यावृत्ति f. (see adultery)

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