The Sanskrit terms Pakṣapātin and Pakṣapātī can be transliterated into English as Paksapatin or Pakshapatin or Paksapati or Pakshapati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Pakṣapātin (पक्षपातिन्) refers to a “partisan (of India)” and is used to describe Viṣṇu, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.15 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, as Bhārgava narrated to Jalandhara the details regarding the headless Rāhu: “[...] The enemies of the Asuras extracted jewels from the ocean. The gods seized the nectar and drank it deceitfully. Then the gods including Indra increased in strength and prowess by the drinking of the nectar and harassed the Asuras with the assistance of Viṣṇu. This Viṣṇu who is always a partisan (pakṣapātin) of Indra [hi pakṣapātī haressadā], cut off the head of Rahu as he was drinking the nectar along with the gods. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Pakṣapātī (पक्षपाती).—a (S) Favorable to one side or party; a partisan, an adherent. 2 That espouses one's cause; an avenger, a patron or protector.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

Pakṣapātī (पक्षपाती).—a A partisan, an adherent. A patron or protector.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pakṣapātin (पक्षपातिन्).—a. or subst.

1) siding with, adhering to, a party, attached or partial (to a particular cause); पक्षपातिनो देवा अपि पाण्डवानाम् (pakṣapātino devā api pāṇḍavānām) Ve.3.

2) sympathizing; Ve.3.

3) a follower, partisan, friend; यः सुरपक्षपाती (yaḥ surapakṣapātī) V.1.

Pakṣapātin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pakṣa and pātin (पातिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pakṣapātin (पक्षपातिन्).—m. (-tī) 1. A partisan, a friend, an adherent. 2. Moving the wings. E. pakṣapāta, and ini aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pakṣapātin (पक्षपातिन्).—adj. siding with, partial, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 13, 17.

Pakṣapātin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pakṣa and pātin (पातिन्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pakṣapātin (पक्षपातिन्).—[adjective] flying, partial to ([locative] *or —°); [abstract] titā [feminine]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pakṣapātin (पक्षपातिन्):—[=pakṣa-pātin] [from pakṣa > pakṣ] mfn. flying

2) [v.s. ...] ifc. siding with, favouring, [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pakṣapātin (पक्षपातिन्):—[pakṣa-pātin] (tī) 5. m. A partizan.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pakshapatin in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pakṣapāti (ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತಿ):—[adjective] favouring or inclined to favour one person, faction, etc. more than another or others; biased; prejudiced; partial.

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Pakṣapāti (ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತಿ):—

1) [noun] a person showing favour to one person, faction, etc. more than to another, often unjustly; a prejudiced, biased person.

2) [noun] a person having special inclinations towards (as in ನ್ಯಾಯಪಕ್ಷಪಾತಿ [nyayapakshapati]).

3) [noun] a follower of a party or faction.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Paksha, Pati.

Starts with: Pakshapatini.

Ends with: Amarapakshapatin, Apakshapatin.

Full-text: Pakshapatita, Pakshapatitva, Pacchepati, Pakshapatini, Asamanya, Apakshapatin, Sakshepa.

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