Aparahnaka, Aparāhṇaka: 4 definitions
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Aparahnaka 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAparāhṇaka (अपराह्णक):—[from apara] mfn. ‘born in the afternoon’, a proper name, [Pāṇini 4-3, 28.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAparāhṇaka (अपराह्णक):—m.
(-kaḥ) The meaning of this word is a conventional one (perhaps a proper name), not stated by the comm. of Pāṇini; it must be observed, however, that its sense is not the purely etymological sense ‘born or produced in the last part of the day’—see aparāhla—, for the latter is expressed by aparāhlatana, aparāhletana or āparāhlika. Words of a similar formation and also in a conventional sense only are pūrvāhlaka, ārdraka, mūlaka, pradoṣaka, avaskaraka, qq. vv. E. aparāhla, taddh. aff. vun.
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