The Sanskrit term Apakarṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Apakarsana or Apakarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Apkarshan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण):—[apakarṣaṇaṃ] Stretching pain

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण).—a. Taking or drawing away, removing, diminishing (opp. vardhaka); न चास्ति सदृशं तेन किंचित्स्थौल्याप- कर्षणम् (na cāsti sadṛśaṃ tena kiṃcitsthaulyāpa- karṣaṇam) Suśr.

-ṇam 1 Removing, taking away; drawing away or down, depriving (one) of, drawing out, extracting.

2) Lessening, making inferior, detraction.

3) Superseding.

4) Denying; abolishing.

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

Apakarṣaṇā (अपकर्षणा).—(Sanskrit only °ṇa, nt.), removal: Śikṣāsamuccaya 183.5.

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

Apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण).—i. e. apa -kṛṣ-ana. I. adj., f. ṇī, Removing, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 29, 18. Ii. n. Removal, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 191.

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

Apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण).—[adjective] the same; [neuter] = apakarṣa.

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

1) Apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण):—[=apa-karṣaṇa] [from apa-kṛṣ] mfn. taking away, forcing away, removing, diminishing

2) [v.s. ...] n. taking away, depriving of

3) [v.s. ...] drawing down

4) [v.s. ...] abolishing, denying

5) [v.s. ...] anticipation, [Nyāyamālā-vistara]

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

Apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-ṇaḥ-ṇī-ṇam) Drawing away or down, removing. 2. n.

(-ṇam) 1) Drawing away or down; e. g. tantvapakarṣaṇe paṭasadbhāvānupalabdhivat.

2) Making inferior.

3) Superseding; e. g. abhivyāpyāpakarṣaṇamapavargaḥ. E. kṛṣ with apa, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apakarshana 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

Apakarṣaṇa (अपकर्षण) [Also spelled apkarshan]:—(nm) extortion; degeneration, degradation; hence ~[rṣita] (a); ~[rṣī] (a).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apakarṣaṇa (ಅಪಕರ್ಷಣ):—[noun] = ಅಪಕರ್ಷಣೆ [apakarshane].

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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: Karshana, Apa.

Starts with: Apakarshanata.

Ends with: Balapakarshana, Gandhapakarshana, Malapakarshana.

Full-text: Gandhapakarshana, Malapakarshana, Apakarshanata, Apakarsha, Apkarshan.

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