Apra, Aprā, Āpra: 6 definitions
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Apra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
aprā (अप्रा).—a (apurā) Short--the nose, a garment. 2 Shortnosed.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Āpra (आप्र).—a. Ved. [आ-पृ-मूल° क (ā-pṛ-mūla° ka)]
1) Filling.
2) Able to reach (Sāy.).
3) Busy, zealous.
Āpra (आप्र).—[adjective] active, busy.
1) Āpra (आप्र):—1. āpra mfn. ([from] √1. āp, [Sāyaṇa on Ṛg-veda i, 132, 2]), getting at [enemies in order to kill them] (?)
2) (for 2. āpra See under ā-√prī.)
3) Āprā (आप्रा):—[=ā-√prā] [Parasmaipada] ([perfect tense] ā-paprau, [Atharva-veda xix, 49, 1 and; Ṛg-veda]; [Aorist] 2. sg. āprās, [Ṛg-veda i, 52, 13, etc.]) [Ātmanepada] ([perfect tense] ā-papre, [Atharva-veda xi, 2, 27]; [Aorist] āprāyi, [Atharva-veda xix, 47, 1, etc.])
—to fulfil;
—to accomplish any one’s desire (kāmam).
4) Āpra (आप्र):—[from ā-prī] 2. āpra mfn. belonging to or being an Āprī (See below), [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā]
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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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Starts with (+21): Apraan, Aprabala, Aprabha, Aprabhata, Aprabhav, Aprabhava, Aprabhavat, Aprabhavi, Aprabhavishnu, Aprabhramsha, Aprabhu, Aprabhuta, Aprabhuti, Aprabhutva, Aprabodha, Aprabodhita, Aprabuddha, Aprabuddhate, Aprabuddhike, Aprabudva.
Full-text (+133): Apragalbha, Apragraha, Apramadam, Aprayam, Aprapratishtha, Apras, Aparasa, Prasahishnu, Apratirupya, Apradiptagni, Aprata, Pra, Aparagoyanavasi, Prasadhita, Aprajas, Rabdha, Prastavika, Prasiddha, Traiyadhvika, Prasakti.
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