Angaprayashcitta, Aṅgaprāyaścitta, Anga-prayashcitta: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aṅgaprāyaścitta can be transliterated into English as Angaprayascitta or Angaprayashcitta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Angaprayashchitta.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṅgaprāyaścitta (अङ्गप्रायश्चित्त).—[aṅgasya śuddhyarthaṃ prāya- ścittam] expiation of bodily impurity, such as that caused by the death of a relative, consisting in making presents (pañcasūnājanyaduritakṣayārthaṃ kāryaṃ dānarūpaṃ prāyaścittam Tv.).
Derivable forms: aṅgaprāyaścittam (अङ्गप्रायश्चित्तम्).
Aṅgaprāyaścitta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṅga and prāyaścitta (प्रायश्चित्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅgaprāyaścitta (अङ्गप्रायश्चित्त).—n.
(-ttaṃ) Expiation for bodily impurity. especially the oblation offered by the heir at the first funeral obsequies, to remove the impurity contracted during the period of mourning. E. aṅga body ond prāyaścitta expiation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅgaprāyaścitta (अङ्गप्रायश्चित्त):—[=aṅga-prāyaścitta] [from aṅga] n. expiation of bodily impurity, especially that arising from death in a family.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅgaprāyaścitta (अङ्गप्रायश्चित्त):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-ttam) Expiation for bodily impu-rity, especially the oblation offered by the heir at the first funeral obsequies, to remove the impurity contracted during the period of mourning. E. aṅga and prāyaścitta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṅgaprāyaścitta (अङ्गप्रायश्चित्त):—[aṅga-prāyaścitta] (ttaṃ) 1. n. Expiatory offering for impurity after mourning for the dead.
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.
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Partial matches: Prayashcitta, Anga.
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