Apadanaka, Apadānaka: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApadānaka (अपदानक).—[apadāyati pariśudhyati yena karmaṇā, dai karaṇe lyuṭ]
1) Pure conduct, approved course of life; (pariśu- ddhācaraṇam).
2) A great or noble work, excellent work दृष्टापदाना विक्रान्तास्त्वया सत्कृत्य मानिताः (dṛṣṭāpadānā vikrāntāstvayā satkṛtya mānitāḥ) Rām.2.1.31. (perhaps for avadānam q. v.).
3) A work well or completely done, an accomplished work; कथितेषु जनैरमुष्य राजन् अपदानेषु विशिष्य कौतुकं नः (kathiteṣu janairamuṣya rājan apadāneṣu viśiṣya kautukaṃ naḥ) Rām. ch.2.18.
4) A legend treating of former and future births of men and exhibiting the consequences of their good and evil actions.
Derivable forms: apadānakam (अपदानकम्).
See also (synonyms): apadāna.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApadānaka (अपदानक).—n.
(-kaṃ) See the above. E. kan added.
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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Starts with: Apadanakarana.
Full-text: Apadana.
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