Nripashu, Nṛpaśu, Nri-pashu: 7 definitions
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Nripashu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Nṛpaśu can be transliterated into English as Nrpasu or Nripashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNṛpaśu (नृपशु).—
1) a beast in the form of a man, a brute of a man; वचस्पस्याकर्ण्य श्रवणसुभगं पण्डितपतेरधुन्वन् मूर्धानं नृपशुरथवायं पशुपतिः (vacaspasyākarṇya śravaṇasubhagaṃ paṇḍitapateradhunvan mūrdhānaṃ nṛpaśurathavāyaṃ paśupatiḥ) Bv.4.38.
2) a man serving as a sacrificial victim.
Derivable forms: nṛpaśuḥ (नृपशुः).
Nṛpaśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nṛ and paśu (पशु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNṛpaśu (नृपशु).—m. a man destinated to be immolated.
Nṛpaśu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nṛ and paśu (पशु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNṛpaśu (नृपशु).—[masculine] a brute of a man or a man serving as a sacrificial victim.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nṛpaśu (नृपशु):—[=nṛ-paśu] [from nṛ] m. ‘man-beast’, a brute of a man, [Veṇīs.]
2) [v.s. ...] a man serving as a sacrificial victim, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryNṛpaśu (नृपशु):—adj. (of person) animal-like; mean; low; base; n. a mean or base person; a wicked fellow;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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