Aprakasha, Aprakāśa: 12 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)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAprakāśa (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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAprakāśa (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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAprakāśa (अप्रकाश).—mfn.
(-śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) Hidden, private, not public or displayed, not manifest or evident. E. a neg. prakāśa light.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAprakāśa (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).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAprakāśa (अप्रकाश).—[adjective] not bright, dark, secret; śaṃ kṛ hide, secrete. [masculine] darkness; [neuter] [adverb] secretly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 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.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAprakāśa (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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAprakāśa (अप्रकाश):—[(śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) a.] Secret.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Aprakāśa (अप्रकाश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Appagāsa, Avakkāsa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAprakāśa (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.
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