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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apakarman (अपकर्मन्).—a. [bahu. sa.] Of bad or degraded actions, corrupted, depraved. -n (°rma)

1) Discharge, paying off (of a debt); दत्तस्यानपकर्म च (dattasyānapakarma ca) Manusmṛti 8.4.

2) An improper or unworthy act; evil doing, conduct, or course; any degrading or impure act.

3) Wickedness, violence, oppression.

4) Incompetence, laziness.

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Apākarman (अपाकर्मन्).—n. (°rma) Payment, liquidation.

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

1) Apakarman (अपकर्मन्):—[=apa-karman] [from apa-kṛ] n. discharge (of a debt), [Manu-smṛti viii, 4]

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

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

4) [v.s. ...] any impure or degrading act, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Apākarman (अपाकर्मन्):—[=apā-karman] [from apā-kṛ] n. payment, liquidation.

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

Apakarman (अपकर्मन्):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-rma) I.

1) Evil doing.

2) (In Law.) Tak-ing away; esp. in the combination dattasyānapakarma or dattānapakarma ‘not taking back again a thing given, non-resumption of a gift’. E. kṛ with apa, uṇ. aff. manin. Ii. Any impure or degrading act or rite. Comp. apakriyā. E. apa deter. and karman.

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Apākarman (अपाकर्मन्):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-rma) Payment, liquidation; e. g. vetanasyānapākarma. E. kṛ with ā and apa, uṇ. aff. manin.

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

Apakarman (अपकर्मन्):—[apa-karman] (mma) 5. n. Doing evil.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karma, Apa.

Ends with: Anapakarman, Dattanapakarman, Papakarman, Vetananapakarman.

Full-text: Anapakarman, Apakriya.

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