Apankteya, Apāṅkteya: 9 definitions
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Apankteya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय).—A list of those unfit for interdining.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 83. 60-70.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय).—a. 'Not in the same row or line'; especially one who is not allowed by his castemen to sit in the same row with them at meals; degraded, excommunicated, excluded from or inadmissible into society, an outcast; °उपहत (upahata) defiled by the presence of excommunicated or impious persons. एतान्वि- गर्हिताचारानपाङ्क्तेयान्द्विजाधमान् (etānvi- garhitācārānapāṅkteyāndvijādhamān) (vivarjayet) Manusmṛti 3.167.
See also (synonyms): apāṅkta, apāṅktya.
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. Not in a line or row. 2. Not in the same degree or order of society. E. a neg. paṃkti a line, ḍhak aff. See apāṅkṛta.
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय).—adj. inadmissible into society, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 170.
Apāṅkteya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and pāṅkteya (पाङ्क्तेय).
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय).—[adjective] unworthy (of a society); [abstract] tva [neuter]
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय):—[=a-pāṅkteya] mfn. ‘not in a line or row’, not in the same class, inadmissible into society, ejected from caste, [Manu-smṛti etc.]
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-yaḥ-yā-yam) 1) Not belonging to a line or row.
2) Not worthy of being in the same class or association, inadmissible into society, excluded. E. a neg. and pāṅkteya.
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय):—(3. a + pā) adj. nicht würdig einer geachteten Gesellschaft anzugehören, mit andern geachteten Personen an Etwas Theil zu nehmen [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 167. 170.] Davon nom. abstr. yatva [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 256, 6.] — Vgl. d. folg. Wort.
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Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय):—[Mahābhārata 8, 660. 13, 4274.]
Apāṅkteya (अपाङ्क्तेय):—und apāṅktya ([Gautama's Dharmaśāstra 17,18.21,11]) Adj. nicht würdig mit andern geachteten Person an Etwas Theil zu nehmen. Dazu Nom.abstr. apāṅkteyatva n.
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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