The Sanskrit term Apakṛṣ can be transliterated into English as Apakrs or Apakrish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apakṛṣ (अपकृष्).—1 P., 6 U.

1) (a) To draw back or away, draw off or aside, drag down, drag away, take or carry off, take or draw out, extract; आनायिभिस्ता- मपकृष्टनक्राम् (ānāyibhistā- mapakṛṣṭanakrām) R.16.55 drawn out; दन्ताग्रभिन्नमपकृष्य निरीक्षते च (dantāgrabhinnamapakṛṣya nirīkṣate ca) Rs.4.13 pulling off or back. (b) To take or carry away, remove; धैर्यं शोकोऽपकर्षति (dhairyaṃ śoko'pakarṣati) Rām.; किं त्वनुष्ठाननित्यत्वं स्वातन्त्र्यमपकर्षति (kiṃ tvanuṣṭhānanityatvaṃ svātantryamapakarṣati) Uttararāmacarita 1.8, Mv.4.33 prevents or interferes with freedom of action; क्षात्रं तेजोऽपकर्षति (kṣātraṃ tejo'pakarṣati) Mv.1.32 destroys, robs one of.

2) To diminish, decrease, omit; अपकर्षेदेवं यावत्पञ्चदश (apakarṣedevaṃ yāvatpañcadaśa) Suśr.

3) To bend (as a bow); धनुःश्रेष्ठमपकृष्य (dhanuḥśreṣṭhamapakṛṣya) Mb.

4) To lower or debase, dishonour, detract from, lessen the value of, disparage; पीडयन् भृत्यवर्गं हि आत्मानमपकर्षति (pīḍayan bhṛtyavargaṃ hi ātmānamapakarṣati) Mb. -5. To bring or draw backwards; anticipate (as a word in a sentence) what occurs later on; अग्रिमसूत्रस्थं सर्वत्रग्रहणमिहापकृष्यते (agrimasūtrasthaṃ sarvatragrahaṇamihāpakṛṣyate) P. IV.1.17 Com. -Caus To remove, take away, lessen, diminish, detract from; काव्यस्यात्मभूतं रसमपकर्षयन्तः काव्य- स्यापकर्षकाः (kāvyasyātmabhūtaṃ rasamapakarṣayantaḥ kāvya- syāpakarṣakāḥ) (doṣāḥ) उच्यन्ते (ucyante) S. D.1.

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

Apakṛṣ (अपकृष्).—draw away, take off; reject, remove; bend (a bow); detract, debase, dishonour.

Apakṛṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and kṛṣ (कृष्).

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

1) Apakṛṣ (अपकृष्):—[=apa-√kṛṣ] [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] -karṣati, to draw off or aside, drag down, carry away, take away, remove;

—to omit, diminish;

—to put away;

—to anticipate a word etc. which occurs later (in a sentence);

—to bend (a bow);

—to detract, debase, dishonour:—[Causal] -karṣayati, to remove, diminish, detract.

2) Apākṛṣ (अपाकृष्):—[=apā-√kṛṣ] (Inf. -kraṣṭum) to turn off or away, avert, remove, [Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

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

Apakṛṣ (अपकृष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ukkassa, Oyaḍḍha.

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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: Krish, Apa.

Starts with: Apakrishnaka, Apakrishta, Apakrishtacetana, Apakrishtachetana, Apakrishtajati, Apakrishtata, Apakrishtatva, Apakrishti.

Ends with: Vyapakrish.

Full-text: Ukkassa, Apakarsha, Apakarshana, Vyapakrish, Apakarshin, Apakrishtatva, Apakrishtacetana, Apakrishtata, Apakrishtajati, Apakarshaka, Oyaddha, Apakrishta, Apakarshasama, Utkrish.

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