Apakriti, Apakṛti, Apākṛti: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Apakṛti and Apākṛti can be transliterated into English as Apakrti or Apakriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApakṛti (अपकृति).—f.
Derivable forms: apakṛtiḥ (अपकृतिः).
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Apākṛti (अपाकृति).—f.
1) Driving away, removal.
2) Rejection, refutation; तदपाकरणायाह (tadapākaraṇāyāha) Praśna Up.
3) Payment, liquidation; ऋणत्रयापाकरणान्नास्त्यपवर्गः (ṛṇatrayāpākaraṇānnāstyapavargaḥ) Nyāya S.
Derivable forms: apākṛtiḥ (अपाकृतिः).
See also (synonyms): apākaraṇa.
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Apākṛti (अपाकृति).—f.
1) Rejection, removal &c. विदा देवा अघानाआदित्यासो अपाकृतिम् (vidā devā aghānāādityāso apākṛtim) Ṛgveda 8.47.2.
2) Emotion resulting from anger, fear &c. निशम्य सिद्धिं द्विषतामपाकृतिः (niśamya siddhiṃ dviṣatāmapākṛtiḥ) Kirātārjunīya 1.27.
Derivable forms: apākṛtiḥ (अपाकृतिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApakṛti (अपकृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Oppression, wrong, injury. 2. Enmity, opposition. 3. Any degrading or impure act or rite. E. apa before, kṛ to do, ktin aff.
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Apākṛti (अपाकृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Removal, taking away. 2. Change of form or condition. E. apa and ā before kṛti doing, or apa with, ākṛti form.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apakṛti (अपकृति):—[=apa-kṛti] [from apa-kṛ] f. oppression, wrong, injury.
2) Apākṛti (अपाकृति):—[=apā-kṛti] [from apā-kṛ] f. taking away, removal, [Ṛg-veda viii, 47, 2]
3) [v.s. ...] evil conduct, rebelling (Comm. = vikāra), [Kirātārjunīya i, 27.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApakṛti (अपकृति):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-tiḥ) The same as apakāra. E. kṛ with apa, kṛt aff. ktin.
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Apākṛti (अपाकृति):—[tatpurusha compound] f.
(-tiḥ) 1) Driving away, removal; e. g. vatsāpakṛtiḥ; comp. apākaraṇa.
2) Emotion, as arising from apprehension, fear &c.; e. g. in the Kirātārj. niśamya siddhiṃ dviṣatāmapākṛtīstatastatastyā viniyantumakṣamā…udājahāra (scil. draupadī; comm. apākṛtīrvikārān). E. kṛ with ā and apa, kṛt aff. ktin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApakṛti (अपकृति):—[apa-kṛti] (tiḥ) 2. f. Injury.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusApakṛti (ಅಪಕೃತಿ):—
1) [noun] = ಅಪಕಾರ [apakara].
2) [noun] a wrong or wicked act.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryApakṛti (अपकृति):—n. 1. harm; injury; hurt; damage; offense; 2. opposition; enmity; 3. degrading/impure act;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text: Vyapakriti, Apakruti, Apakarana.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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