Alternative spellings of this word include Apkar.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Apakāra (अपकार) refers to “wishes evil of others”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.19. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] If a man wishes evil of others [viz., apakāra], he himself becomes the victim of the same. There is no doubt about it. Realising this, no man shall wish evil of anyone else”.

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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.

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)

Apakāra (अपकार) refers to “calamities”, according to the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala or “excavation of extraneous substances”).—Accordingly, “Next, I shall, as told before, teach the characteristics of extraneous substances, which exist beneath the site and cause calamities (apakāra) to people. When the site, which has been made square, is being divided with cords, [the officiant] who has knowledge of divisions of the site should investigate extraneous substances by omens, etc. [...]”.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Apakāra (अपकार) refers to “injuries (to the three jewels)”, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Whatever injuries (apakāra) to the three jewels [e.g., ratnatraye'pakāro yo], or to father and mother by me, Abuses to the gurus or other teachers, done by body, speech and mind, Corrupted by much wickedness, by me and by my sins, heroes, Whatever dreadful sin was done, all of that I confess”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

apakāra : (m.) injury; mischief.

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

Apakāra, & °ka (cf. Sk. apakāra & apakaroti) injury, mischief; one who injures or offends DhA.III, 63; Sdhp.283. (Page 50)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

apakarā (अपकरा) [or अपखरा, apakharā].—m ( P) A water or drinking vessel with a spout.

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apakāra (अपकार).—m (S) Injuring, hurting, damaging. 2 Injury, hurt, damage, detriment.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

apakarā (अपकरा) [-kharā, -खरा].—m A drinking vessel with a spout.

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apakāra (अपकार).—m Injury, hurt, damage, offence,

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apakāra (अपकार).—

1) Harm, wrong; injury, hurt, offence, misdeed, wrong deed (opp. upakāra); स्वल्पेनाप्यपकारेण ब्राह्मण्यमिव दुष्यति (svalpenāpyapakāreṇa brāhmaṇyamiva duṣyati) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.66; उपकर्त्रारिणा सन्धिर्न मित्रेणाप- कारिणा। उपकारापकारौ हि लक्ष्यं लक्षणमेतयोः (upakartrāriṇā sandhirna mitreṇāpa- kāriṇā| upakārāpakārau hi lakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇametayoḥ) Śiśupālavadha 2.37; अपकारो- प्युपकारायैव संवृत्तः (apakāro- pyupakārāyaiva saṃvṛttaḥ) &c.

2) Thinking ill of, desire to offend or hurt (aniṣṭacintā).

3) Wickedness, violence, oppression, enmity.

4) A mean or degraded action.

Derivable forms: apakāraḥ (अपकारः).

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Āpakara (आपकर).—a. (-rī f.) [अपकरे भवः अण् अञ् च (apakare bhavaḥ aṇ añ ca)] Offensive, unfriendly, mischievous.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Apakara (अपकर).—(?) , false Sanskrit or (more probably) error for Sanskrit avakara, rubbish: (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 131.21; see saṃkāra (1).

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

Apakāra (अपकार).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Injury, offence, wrong, mischief. 2. Wickedness. 3. Tyranny, oppression. 4. Hatred, enmity. E. apa ill, and kāra what does.

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Āpakara (आपकर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) Offensive, mischievous, unfriendly. E. apakara offence, añ aff.

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

Apakāra (अपकार).—i. e. apa-kṛ + a, m. 1. Injury. 2. Malice, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 191.

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

Apakāra (अपकार).—[masculine] tā [feminine] injury, mischief.

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

1) Apakāra (अपकार):—[=apa-kāra] [from apa-kṛ] m. wrong, offence, injury, hurt

2) [v.s. ...] despise, disdain.

3) Āpakara (आपकर):—mf(ī)n. coming from or native of the (country ?) Āpakara, [Pāṇini 4-3, 33.]

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

Apakara (अपकर):—[tatpurusha compound] (?) m.

(-raḥ) Probably the name of a place; see the following and āpakara. E. (?) kṛ with apa, kṛt aff. ap.

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Apakāra (अपकार):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-raḥ) 1.

1) Hurt, injury.

2) Disservice; the reverse of upakāra; e. g. apakāropyupakārāyaiva saṃvṛttaḥ. E. kṛ with apa, kṛt aff. ghañ. 2. A mean action. E. apa and kāra.

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

1) Apakāra (अपकार):—[apa-kāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Injury.

2) Āpakara (आपकर):—[āpa-kara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Offensive.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apakāra (अपकार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avagāra, Avayāra, Oāra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apakara 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Apakāra (अपकार) [Also spelled apkar]:—(nm) harm, ill-turn, damage; disservice; wrong; hence ~[ka] (a).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apakāra (ಅಪಕಾರ):—

1) [noun] the act of causing harm, damage or injury to others.

2) [noun] harm, damage or injury done by a person.

3) [noun] ಅಪಕಾರಮಾಡುವವ ಅಪಕೀರ್ತಿಗೆ ಅಂಜಿಯಾನೆ [apakaramaduvava apakirtige amjiyane]? apakāra māḍuvava apakīrtige añjiyāne (prov.) he who is malicious never bothers about resultant bad name.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Apa, Kara.

Starts with: Apakaragir, Apakaraka, Apakarana, Apakararthin, Apakarashabda, Apakarata.

Ends with: Anapakara, Atapakara, Bhapakara, Dalihapakara, Hakarapakara, Jharica Apakara, Kala-apakara, Kritapakara, Kshapakara, Nanapakara, Papakara, Pratyapakara, Samtapakara, Silapakara, Upakarapakara.

Full-text (+7): Apakaragir, Apakarata, Apakarashabda, Apakararthin, Anapakara, Apakrita, Apakaraka, Pratyapakara, Avagara, Apakriti, Jharica Apakara, Apakritya, Apkrat, Kala-apakara, Kritapakara, Apakarin, Apkar, Avayara, Apakaroti, Oara.

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