The Sanskrit term Abhiśap can be transliterated into English as Abhisap or Abhishap, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhiśap (अभिशप्).—1 U. To curse, execrate; अभिशप्तः फलमेतदन्वभूत् (abhiśaptaḥ phalametadanvabhūt) Kumārasambhava 4.41. -Caus. To conjure, invoke (as by charms), charm, enchant; सत्येन माभिरक्ष त्वं करुणेत्यभि- शाप्य कम् (satyena mābhirakṣa tvaṃ karuṇetyabhi- śāpya kam) Y.2.18.

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

Abhiśap (अभिशप्).—curse, blame, accuse; [Causative] conjure.

Abhiśap is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and śap (शप्).

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

1) Abhiśap (अभिशप्):—[=abhi-√śap] [Parasmaipada] to curse, [Mahābhārata] etc.:

—[Causal] ([indeclinable participle] -śāpya) to conjure, implore with solemnity, [Yājñavalkya ii, 108.]

2) Abhisap (अभिसप्):—[=abhi-√sap] (3. [plural] [Ātmanepada] -sapante) to carry on, manage, [Ṛg-veda vii, 38, 5.]

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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

Abhishap in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a curse..—abhishap (अभिशाप) is alternatively transliterated as Abhiśāpa.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Abhishaap is another spelling for अभिशाप [abhiśāpa].—n. 1. curse; 2. serious charge; anathema; 3. slander; calumny; false charge;

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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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Partial matches: Shap, Abhi.

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Full-text: Abhisapa, Abhisapati, Abhisapana, Abhishapta, Abhishapajvara, Abhisatta.

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