Introduction

The Sanskrit term Abhīśāpa can be transliterated into English as Abhisapa or Abhishapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

abhisāpa : (m.) a curse.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Abhisāpa, (abhisapati) a curse, anathema S.III, 93 = It.89 (which latter reads abhilāpa and It A expl^s. by akkosa: see vv. ll. under abhilāpa & cp. Brethren 376 n. 1.); Th.1, 1118. (Page 72)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

abhiśāpa (अभिशाप).—m (S) pop. abhiśrāpa m Unjust imputation or censure; false accusation. 2 Curse, imprecation, malediction. Ex. a0 hōīla mājhē māthā || aisēṃ sarvathā na karāvēṃ ||

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

abhiśāpa (अभिशाप) [-śrāpa, -श्राप].—m False accusation. Curse, malediction.

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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

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप).—

1) A curse, imprecation.

2) A serious charge, accusation; नृपार्थेष्वभिशापे च वहेयुः शुचयः सदा (nṛpārtheṣvabhiśāpe ca vaheyuḥ śucayaḥ sadā) Y.2.99; अभिशापः पातकभियोगः (abhiśāpaḥ pātakabhiyogaḥ) Mitā.

3) Slander, calumny, false charge; असतो दोषस्य अध्याहारोऽभिशापः (asato doṣasya adhyāhāro'bhiśāpaḥ); अभिशापभयाद्भीतो भवन्तं नोपसर्पति (abhiśāpabhayādbhīto bhavantaṃ nopasarpati) Mb.12.55.11.

4) An injury, hurt.

Derivable forms: abhiśāpaḥ (अभिशापः).

See also (synonyms): abhiśapana.

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Abhīśāpa (अभीशाप).—A curse; see अभिशाप (abhiśāpa).

Derivable forms: abhīśāpaḥ (अभीशापः).

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

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप).—m.

(-paḥ) 1. False accusation, calumny. 2. Charge accusation. 3. Suffering from anger or passion. 4. Curse, imprecation. E. abhi, and śapa to curse or swear, affix ghañ; or with lyuṭ affix abhiśapana.

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

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप).—i. e. abhi-śap + a, m. 1. A curse, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 8, 12. 2. A heavy charge. 3. Calumny.

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Abhīśāpa (अभीशाप).—abhīśāpa, abhiśāpa, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 110.

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

1) Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप):—[=abhi-śāpa] [from abhi-śap] m. curse, [Nirukta, by Yāska] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] charge, accusation, [Yājñavalkya ii, 12 and 99] (cf. abhī-śāpa and mithyābhiśāpa)

3) [v.s. ...] false accusation, calumny, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Abhīśāpa (अभीशाप):—[=abhī-śāpa] [from abhi-śap] a m. charge, accusation, [Yājñavalkya ii, 110.]

5) [=abhī-śāpa] b See abhi-√śap.

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

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-paḥ) 1) Charge, accusation; more esp. a heavy charge, and one from which the accused is able to exonerate himself; hence a false imputation, a calumny; e. g. Yājnav.: nṛpārtheṣvabhiśāpe ca vaheyuḥ śucayaḥ sadā (Mit.: nṛpadroheṣu mahāpātakābhiyoge ca); or sāhasasteyapāruṣyagobhiśāpātyaye striyām . vivādayetsadya eva kālonyatrecchayā smṛtaḥ (Mit.: abhiśāpaḥ pātakābhiyogaḥ); or Kātyāy.: abhiśāpe samuttīrṇe prāyaścitte kṛte budhaiḥ . viśuddhipatrakaṃ deyam &c.; or the same uttameṣu samasteṣu abhiśāpe samāgate . vṛttānuvādalekhyaṃ yattajjñeyaṃ saṃdhipatrakam; or Vyāsa: bhāgābhiśāpasaṃdigdhe yaḥ samyagvijayī bhavet . tasmai rājñā pradātavyaṃ jayapatraṃ suniścitam.

2) A curse, an imprecation (esp. uttered by a Brāhmaṇa, a Guru, an old man and a magician; Vijayarakshita as quoted by Rādhākaṇtad.: = brāhmaṇaguruvṛddhasiddhānāmaniṣṭābhiśaṃsanam; Chakrapāṇidatta in his comm. Bhānumatī on Suśruta: abhiśāpo guruvṛddhasiddhācāryādibhirabhiśapanam); e. g. Nalop.: yasyābhiśāpādduḥkhārto duḥkhaṃ vindati naiṣadhaḥ . tasya bhūtasya no duḥkhādduḥkhamapyadhikaṃ bhavet. According to the medical superstition, a kind of fever is produced by the imprecation of a Brāhmaṇa &c. the symptoms of which are delirium and thirst and otherwise like those of the fever produced by incantation (comp. abhicārajvara); e. g. Suśruta: abhicārābhiśāpābhyāṃ…jvaro pravartate; and abhicārābhiśāpābhyāṃ mohastṛṣṇābhijāyate.—Also abhīśāpa. E. śap with abhi, kṛt aff. dhañ.

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Abhīśāpa (अभीशाप):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-paḥ) The same as abhiśāpa; e. g. Yājnav.: trāyasvāsmādabhīśāpātsatyena bhava memṛtam. E. see abhiśāpa, with the vowel of the second syllable protracted.

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

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप):—[abhi-śāpa] (paḥ) 1. m. A false accusation; charge; curse.

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप):—(von śap mit abhi) m.

1) Fluch [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 3.] [BṚH. Devīmāhātmya 4, 23.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 120.] [Nalopākhyāna 11, 16.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 8, 12. 4, 44, 114. 5, 2, 13. 14.] —

2) schwere Beschuldigung [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 12. 99.] mithyābhiśāpāstaṃ na spṛśanti [Harivaṃśa 2090.] —

3) Verleumdung [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 11.] asato doṣasyādhyāhāro bhiśāpaḥ [DURGA] zu [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 3.] — Vgl. abhīśāpa .

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Abhīśāpa (अभीशाप):—(= abhiśāpa) m. schwere Beschuldigung [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 110.]

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Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप):—vgl. mithyābhiśāpa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप):—m. —

1) Fluch. —

2) schwere Beschuldigung. —

3) *Verleumdung.

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Abhīśāpa (अभीशाप):—m. schwere Beschuldigung.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Abhiśāpa (अभिशाप) [Also spelled abhishap]:—(nm) a curse.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shapa, Abhi.

Starts with: Abhisapad, Abhisapana, Abhisapati, Abhishapajvara, Abhishapanajvara.

Ends with: Mithyabhishapa.

Full-text: Abhishapajvara, Abhisapana, Vaidhavya, Vaidhavy, Abhishap, Mithyabhishapa, Abhisamsana.

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