Aparaka, Apāraka: 6 definitions
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Aparaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Aparaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Clitoria ternatea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris (1826)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique (1811)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5347)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Hort. Calcuttensis (1845)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Aparaka, for example side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApāraka (अपारक).—a. Unable, incompetent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApāraka (अपारक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Incompetent, impotent. E. a neg. pāraka who gets through or over.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Aparāka (अपराक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—aparāka, called also aparāditya, Vidyādharavaṃśaprabhava
—Śilāhāranarendra
—Jīmūtānvayaprasūta: Yājñavalkyadharmaśāstranibandha. L. 1684. K. 192. Kh. 88. B. 3, 116. Report. Xxiii. Cxlii. Ben. 134. 142. Bik. 506. Pheh. 3. Rādh. 17. Oudh. Ix, 10. Xv, 82. Np. V, 50. Bp. 261. Bühler 546. Quoted by Hemādri, in Madanapārijāta Oxf. 275^a, in Smṛtikaumudī Oxf. 277^a, by Kamalākara, and others. Dānāparārka. B. 3, 92. Prāyaścittāparārka. B. 3, 110. Śrāddhāparārka. B. 3, 132.
2) Aparāka (अपराक):—read Aparārka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApāraka (अपारक):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-rakaḥ-rikā-rakam) Incompetent, incapable; comp. apārayat. E. a neg. and pāraka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApāraka (अपारक):—[a-pāraka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Incompetent; impotent.
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)
Starts with: Aparakala, Aparakanyakubja, Aparakarma, Aparakarman, Aparakarmavidhana, Aparakarya, Aparakashakritsna, Aparakashaya, Aparakashi, Aparakattiram, Aparakaya.
Ends with: Anubhavaparaka, Atmaparaka, Bhavaparaka, Caparaka, Jimmaparaka, Mahaparaka, Namaparaka, Niyamaparaka, Paraparaka, Sadaparaka, Samajaparaka, Saptaparaka, Shodhaparaka, Tarakaparaka, Udraparaka, Ushnaparaka, Vyaparaka.
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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXXI - The Caturmasyam Vratam < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter CCXXXI - Expiatory Penances < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CV - Rites of atonement (Prayaschitta) < [Agastya Samhita]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.239 < [Section XIV - Method of Feeding]
Verse 3.83 < [Section VII - Duties of the Householder]
Verse 9.203 < [Section XXVI - Disqualifications to Inheritance]
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 1.2f - Texts of the Yājñavalkyasmṛti and Review of Literature < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Chapter 4.2 - Supreme Judicial Mechanism < [Chapter 4 - The Political Aspect Reflected in the Vyavahārādhyāya]