The Sanskrit terms Akṛṣṭapacya and Akṛṣṭapacyā can be transliterated into English as Akrstapacya or Akrishtapacya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Akrishtapachya.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Akṛṣṭapacyā (अकृष्टपच्या) refers to the “earth being exuberant in productivity without being tilled”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, after Tāraka requested boons from Brahmā: “[...] That great demon [i.e., Tāraka] was crowned the king of the three worlds with the permission of Śukra, the preceptor of the demons. [...] Wherever a fine article was espied by the demon, he seized it immediately. The three worlds became void of all valuable things. O sage, the oceans the offered him their gems on account of fear. The entire earth became exuberant in productivity without being tilled [i.e., akṛṣṭapacyā] and yielded what his subjects desired. [...]”.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Akṛṣṭapacya (अकृष्टपच्य).—a. [akṛṣṭe kṣetre pacyate] growing or ripening in unploughed land, growing exuberant or wild; °च्या इव सस्य- संपदः (cyā iva sasya- saṃpadaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 1.17; so °च्या ओषधयः (cyā oṣadhayaḥ); °च्यम् अशनं धान्यम् (cyam aśanaṃ dhānyam), &c.

Akṛṣṭapacya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṛṣṭa and pacya (पच्य).

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Akṛṣṭapacyā (अकृष्टपच्या).—(applied especially to) the earth yielding food grains, fruit etc. without being tilled; very fertile; अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी विबभौ चैत्यमालिनी (akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī vibabhau caityamālinī) Mb. Crit. Ed.12.29.21; 12.216.16.

Akṛṣṭapacyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṛṣṭa and pacyā (पच्या).

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

1) Akṛṣṭapacya (अकृष्टपच्य):—[=a-kṛṣṭa-pacya] [from a-kṛṣṭa] mfn. ripening in unploughed land, growing wild, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] (said of the earth) giving fruits without having been ploughed, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

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

Akṛṣṭapacya (अकृष्टपच्य):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-cyaḥ-cyā-cyam) Ripening or flowering spontaneously or without cultivation. E. akṛṣṭa and pacya.

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

Akṛṣṭapacya (अकृष्टपच्य):—[akṛṣṭa-pacya] (cyaḥ-cyā-cyaṃ) a. Growing without cultivation.

[Sanskrit to German]

Akrishtapacya 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

Akṛṣṭapacya (ಅಕೃಷ್ಟಪಚ್ಯ):—

1) [adjective] (said of land) growing crop without being cultivated.

2) [adjective] growing in unploughed land.

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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.

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Partial matches: Akrishta, Pacya.

Full-text: Krishtapacya, Krishtapakya, Akrishta, Putaka, Caitya.

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