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बलि — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • offering noun Something given, presented, or put up for consideration, especially as a gift, contribution, or for sale.
  • sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.

Senses

बलि is used for these senses in English:

  • sacrifice killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity
  • offering that which has been offered; a sacrifice

sacrifice — full definition

  1. verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
  2. verb To give up something valuable for the sake of something considered more important.
  3. noun The act of giving up something valuable for a greater cause, or the thing given up.

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