The Sanskrit terms Apakṛ and Apakṝ and Apākṛ can be transliterated into English as Apakr or Apakri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apakṛ (अपकृ).—8 U.

1) To carry or bear away, remove, drag away, insult by dragging away; योऽपचक्रे वनात् सीताम् (yo'pacakre vanāt sītām) Bk. 8.2 bore forcibly away.

2) To hurt, injure, wrong, harm, do harm or injury to (usually with gename of person); आपदि येनापकृतम् (āpadi yenāpakṛtam) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.16; Śiśupālavadha 14.78; न किंचि- न्मया तस्यापकर्तुं शक्यम् (na kiṃci- nmayā tasyāpakartuṃ śakyam) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; किं तस्या मयापकृतम् (kiṃ tasyā mayāpakṛtam) 4 what harm have I done to her? किं च राक्षसराजस्य रामेणापकृतं पुरा (kiṃ ca rākṣasarājasya rāmeṇāpakṛtaṃ purā) Rām.; sometimes with acc. or loc. also; अथ वा सैनिकाः केचिदपकुर्युर्युधिष्ठिरम् (atha vā sainikāḥ kecidapakuryuryudhiṣṭhiram) Mb.; किमिव बत नात्मन्यपकृतं (kimiva bata nātmanyapakṛtaṃ) Bhartṛhari 3.115; न परेषु महौजसश्छलादपकुर्वन्ति मलिम्लुचा इव (na pareṣu mahaujasaśchalādapakurvanti malimlucā iva) Śiśupālavadha 16.52. -Caus. To harm, injure &c.

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Apakṝ (अपकॄ).—6 P.

1) To scatter, spout out (water); अपकिरति कुसुमम् (apakirati kusumam); गजोऽपकिरति (gajo'pakirati) Sk.

2) To scrape with the feet (for food &c.) through joy, said of quadrupeds and birds, (changed to apaskṛ A. in this sense apāccatuṣpācchakuniṣvā- lekhane-suṭ P.VI.1.142) अपस्किरते वृषो हृष्टः कुक्कुटो भक्षाथीं, श्वा आश्रयार्थी च (apaskirate vṛṣo hṛṣṭaḥ kukkuṭo bhakṣāthīṃ, śvā āśrayārthī ca) Sk; शृङ्गैरपस्कीर्णमहत्तटीभुवाम् (śṛṅgairapaskīrṇamahattaṭībhuvām) Śiśupālavadha 12.74 scratched, छायापस्किरमाणविष्किर (chāyāpaskiramāṇaviṣkira). Uttararāmacarita 2.9.

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Apākṛ (अपाकृ).—8 U.

1) To drive away, dispel, remove, destroy; keep, put, or take away; तन्नैशं तिमिरमपाकरोति चन्द्रः (tannaiśaṃ timiramapākaroti candraḥ) Ś.6.3; स्फुटता न पदैरपाकृता (sphuṭatā na padairapākṛtā) Kirātārjunīya 2.27; पापमपाकरोति (pāpamapākaroti) Bh. 2.23; गुहोऽपि येषां प्रथमात्मजन्मनां न पुत्रवात्सल्यमपाकरिष्यति (guho'pi yeṣāṃ prathamātmajanmanāṃ na putravātsalyamapākariṣyati) Ku. 5.14 remove, reduce, lessen; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 6.4; R.6.57; Śi. 8.61.

2) To cast off, reject (also an opinion), leave, give up, throw away, drop; हंसैर्यियासुभिरपाकृतमुन्मनस्कैः (haṃsairyiyāsubhirapākṛtamunmanaskaiḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.1; शिवा भुजच्छेदमपाचकार (śivā bhujacchedamapācakāra) R.7.5.

3) To discharge, liquidate (as debt &c.) ऋणानि त्रीण्यपाकृत्य मनो मोक्षे निवशयेत् (ṛṇāni trīṇyapākṛtya mano mokṣe nivaśayet) Manusmṛti 6.35.

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

Apakrī (अपक्री).—= [Simple]

Apakrī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and krī (क्री).

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

1) Apakṛ (अपकृ):—[=apa-kṛ] -√1. kṛ to carry away, remove, drag away;

— (with [genitive case] or [accusative]) to hurt, wrong, injure:

—[Causal] -kārayati, to hurt, wrong, injure:

—[Causal] -kārayati, to hurt wrong.

2) Apakṝ (अपकॄ):—[=apa-kṝ] -√1. kṝ [Ātmanepada] apa-s-kirate ([Pāṇini 6-1, 142]) to scrape with the feet, [Uttararāma-carita];—(cf. ava-√s-kṝ) :

2) —[Parasmaipada] apa-kirati, to spout out, spurt, scatter, [Pāṇini 1-3, 21] [commentator or commentary];

2) —to throw down, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Apakrī (अपक्री):—[=apa-√krī] to buy, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] (See ava-√krī).

4) Apākṛ (अपाकृ):—[=apā-kṛ] -√1. kṛ to remove, drive away, ([Vedic or Veda] [Infinitive mood] apākartoḥ), [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā];

—to cast off, reject, desist from, [Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to select for a present, [Pbr.; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to reject (an opinion).

5) Apākṝ (अपाकॄ):—[=apā-kṝ] -√1. kṝ to throw any one off;

—to abandon, to contemn.

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

Apakṛ (अपकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avakara, Avagara.

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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.

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Partial matches: Kri, Apa.

Starts with: Apakrish, Apakrishnaka, Apakrishta, Apakrishtacetana, Apakrishtachetana, Apakrishtajati, Apakrishtata, Apakrishtatva, Apakrishti, Apakrit, Apakrita, Apakriti, Apakritti, Apakritya, Apakriya, Apakriye.

Ends with: Pratyapakri.

Full-text (+2): Avagara, Apakartri, Apakarin, Apakara, Apakriti, Apaskara, Apakrita, Apakarana, Apakarishnu, Apakarman, Apakararthin, Apakarata, Avakara, Pratyapakri, Apakaraka, Apakritya, Apakarashabda, Apakriya, Apakaragir, Apakrit.

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