snAnaM [ snA-BAve lyuw ] 1 Bathing, washing, ablution, immersion in water; tataH praviSati snAnottIrRaH kASyapaH Ś. 4. 2 Purification by bathing, any religious or ceremonial ablution. 3 The ceremony of bathing or anointing an idol. 4 Anything used in ablution. Comp. — agAraM a bath-room. — tfRaM Kuśa-grass. — droRI a bathing tub. — yAtrA the festival held on the full-moon day in the month of Jyeṣṭha. — vastraM a bathing-garment; sakft kiM pIqitaM snAnavastraM muMcet drutaM payaH H. 2. 106. — viDiH 1 the act of ablution. 2 the proper manner or rules of ablution.