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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apakriyā (अपक्रिया).—

1) Hurt, injury, disservice; fault, wrong or faulty deed, misdeed; चतुर्थोपायसाध्ये तु शत्रौ (caturthopāyasādhye tu śatrau) (v. l. ripau) सान्त्वमपक्रिया (sāntvamapakriyā) Śiśupālavadha 2.54; मा कृथाः पुनरमूमपक्रियाम् (mā kṛthāḥ punaramūmapakriyām) Ki. 13.64 fault.

2) Paying or clearing off (debts).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apakriyā (अपक्रिया).—f.

(-yā) 1. Oppression, offence. 2. Evil doing, wickedness. 3. Any impure act or rite. E. apa, and kriyā action.

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

Apakriyā (अपक्रिया).—[apa-kriyā], f. 1. A wrong (unseasonable) act, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 890. 2. Wrong manner, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 68.

— Cf. anapakriyā.

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

1) Apakriyā (अपक्रिया):—[=apa-kriyā] [from apa-kṛ] f. a wrong or improper act

2) [v.s. ...] delivery, clearing off (debts), [Yājñavalkya iii, 234]

3) [v.s. ...] offence.

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

Apakriyā (अपक्रिया):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-yā) 1.

1) Injury, hurt, wickedness.

2) Ac-quitting (debts). E. kṛ with apa, kṛt aff. śa. 2. Any impure act or rite. E. apa and kriyā.

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

Apakriyā (अपक्रिया):—[apa-kriyā] (yā) 1. f. Injuring.

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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: Kriya, Apa.

Ends with: Anapakriya, Vetananapakriya.

Full-text: Anapakriya, Apakarman.

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