Aprakasha, Aprakāśa: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Aprakasa or Aprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश).—A deva gaṇa with Yama as their lord.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 1. 52.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश).—a.
1) Not shining or bright, dark, wanting in brightness (fig. also); प्रकाशश्चाप्रकाशश्च लोकालोक इवाचलः (prakāśaścāprakāśaśca lokāloka ivācalaḥ) R.1.68.
2) Self-illuminated.
3) Hidden, secret, concealed; सीमायामप्रकाशानि कारयेत् (sīmāyāmaprakāśāni kārayet) Manusmṛti 8.251;9.256.
-śam, -śe ind. In secret, secretly; अहमप्रकाशे तिष्ठामि (ahamaprakāśe tiṣṭhāmi) M.4; सत्यवत्या हस्तेऽप्रकाशं निक्षिप्तः (satyavatyā haste'prakāśaṃ nikṣiptaḥ) V.5 secretly.
-śaḥ Indistinctness, secrecy; a secret.
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश).—mfn.
(-śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) Hidden, private, not public or displayed, not manifest or evident. E. a neg. prakāśa light.
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश).—I. adj. 1. obscure, dark, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 125, 2 Gorr. 2. concealed, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 251. Ii. śam, adv. secretly.
Aprakāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and prakāśa (प्रकाश).
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश).—[adjective] not bright, dark, secret; śaṃ kṛ hide, secrete. [masculine] darkness; [neuter] [adverb] secretly.
1) Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश):—[=a-prakāśa] mf(ā)n. not shining, dark
2) [v.s. ...] not visible, hidden, secret, [Manu-smṛti]
3) [v.s. ...] not manifest or evident
4) [=a-prakāśa] m. indistinctness, darkness, [Raghuvaṃśa i, 68.]
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश):—I. [tatpurusha compound] or [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-śaḥ-śā-śam) 1) Not bright, not clear, dark; e. g. in the Hidimb.: aprakāśā diśaḥ sarvāḥ.
2) Private, secret, not evident, without a witness; e. g. in the Vīramitrodaya: (of a deed) aprakāśātsākṣiyuktaṃ lekhakākṣaramudritam . lokaprasiddhaṃ svakṛtādvaramanyakṛtaṃ śubham; aprakāśam also used as adv.; e. g. Kullūka: pitṛgṛhe kanyā yaṃ putramaprakāśaṃ janayettaṃ kanyāpariṇetuḥ putraṃ nāmnā kānīnaṃ vadet; or aprakāśamutpannaḥ putraḥ. E. a neg. or priv. and prakāśa. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-śaḥ) 1) Want of brightness or clearness, darkness, lit. or figur.; e. g. in the comm. of the Raghuvaṃśa: sohaṃ…prakāśaścāndhakāraśca lokāloka ivācalaḥ (comm. ekasminpārśve prakāśayuktaḥ . aparasminpārśveprakāśayukta iti bhāvaḥ).
2) Secrecy. E. a neg. and prakāśa.
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश):—[(śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) a.] Secret.
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश):—(3. a + pra) adj. a) nicht leuchtend, finster: aprakāśā diśaḥ sarvā vātairāsannanārtavaiḥ [Hiḍimbavadha 1, 18.] Uebertr.: so hamijyāviśuddhātmā prajālopanimīlitaḥ . prakāśaścāprakāśaśca lokāloka ivācalaḥ .. [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 68.] — b) dem Auge nicht sichtbar, versteckt, heimlich: tāni saṃdhiṣu sīmāyāmaprakāśāni kārayet [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 251.] prakāśāṃścāprakāśāṃśca (Diebe) [9, 256.] Davon śam adv. im Geheimen [8, 351.] —
2) m. geheime Mittheilung [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 30.]
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) nicht hell , dunkel. — b) versteckt , heimlich , von Andern nicht gesehen [Mṛcchakaṭika 61,8] l. —
2) m Adv. im Geheimen. —
3) m. — a) Dunkel [272,13.] — b) *geheime Mittheilung.
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Appagāsa, Avakkāsa.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Aprakāśa (ಅಪ್ರಕಾಶ):—
1) [noun] lack of brightness.
2) [noun] that which cannot be seen or made out easily; something unexplained, unknown or kept secret; obscurity.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश):—n. absence of light; adj. 1. not evident; 2. hidden; secret;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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