Aparajana, Apara-jana: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aparajana (अपरजन).—an inhaditant of the west, the western people.

Derivable forms: aparajanaḥ (अपरजनः).

Aparajana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apara and jana (जन).

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

Aparajana (अपरजन):—[=apara-jana] [from apara] sg. or [plural] m. inhabitants of the west, [Gopatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

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

Aparajana (अपरजन):—[karmadharaya compound] m.

(-naḥ) A man living in the west. (The correctness of the word in this sense seems doubtful; comp. apara I. 1. 4. and aparapuruṣa.) E. apara and jana.

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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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