Alternative spellings of this word include Apachina.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

apācīna : (adj.) westerly.

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

Apācīna, (adj.) (Vedic apācīna; cp. apācaḥ & apāka, western; to Lat. opācus, orig. turned away (from the east or the sun) i. e. opposite, dark) westerly, backward, below S.III, 84; It.120 (apācīnaṃ used as adv. and taking here the place of adho in comb^n. with uddhaṃ tiriyaṃ; the reading is a conjecture of Windisch’s, the vv. ll. are apācinaṃ; apācini, apāci & apāminaṃ, C. expl^s. by heṭṭhā). (Page 53)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apācīna (अपाचीन).—a. [apācyāṃ bhavaḥ kha]

1) Situated backwards or behind, turned backwards.

2) Not visible, imperceptible; यो अपाचीने तमसि मदन्तीःप्राचीश्चकार नृऽतमः शचीभिः (yo apācīne tamasi madantīḥprācīścakāra nṛ'tamaḥ śacībhiḥ) Ṛgveda 7.6.4.

3) Southern.

4) Western.

5) Opposite.

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

Apācīna (अपाचीन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) 1. South, southern. 2. Opposite. E. apāc and kha aff.

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

Apācīna (अपाचीन).—([feminine] apācī) turned back, western. [neuter] apāk [adverb] west.

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

1) Apācīna (अपाचीन):—[from apāñc] mfn. situated backwards, behind, western, [Ṛg-veda vii, 6, 4 and 78, 3; Atharva-veda vi, 91, 1], turned back, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] southern, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Apācīna (अपाचीन):—m. f. n.

(-naḥ-nā-nam) 1) Going downwards (ved.).

2) Opposite.

3) Western(?).

4) Southern. (For the two latter meanings comp. the remark s. v. apāc.)—According to Pāṇini the feminine is not allowed to express the region. E. apāc, taddh. aff. kha.

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

Apācīna (अपाचीन):—[apā+cīna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apacina in German

context information

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

Apācīna (ಅಪಾಚೀನ):—

1) [adjective] born in southern side; of or belonging to, happening in or coming from south direction.

2) [adjective] born in western side; of or belonging to, happening in or coming from west direction.

3) [adjective] turning the face aside.

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Apācīna (ಅಪಾಚೀನ):—[noun] the position, condition of having the face cast down.

context information

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)

Starts with: Apacinam, Apacinana, Apacinati.

Full-text: Apagbhava, Apacya, Apacinam, Pacina.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

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