mahurat

ma·hu·rat
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UK/məˈhuːɹət/

noun

A time or moment considered lucky for beginning some project; an inauguration, now especially the start of a film production.

OriginHindi [Term?] ← Sanskrit [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounmahurat (plural mahurats)

plural mahurats

  1. HinduismIndiaA time or moment considered lucky for beginning some project; an inauguration, now especially the start of a film production.

    ‘The mahurat, Your Highness, is at nine seventeen in the morning.’

    1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 265

Origin

  1. Sanskrit[Term?]
  2. Hindi[Term?]
  3. Englishmahurat

From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit [Term?].

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Chicago

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