Apranya, Āprāṇya: 1 definition
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Apranya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀprāṇya (आप्राण्य).—adj. (possibly read apr°? corresp. to Pali apaṇṇa-ka, q.v. in Critical Pali Dictionary; compare apaṇṇakaṅga, Critical Pali Dictionary unique or universal factor; etymology unknown), perfect, in āprāṇyāṅga, of perfect qualities: (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 57.(15—)16 (see Lalou, Iconographie, p.22) (nihitaṃ tu tato kṛtvā dhūpayet karpūradhūpanaiḥ; read with Lalou) āprāṇyāṅga-samut- thaṃ vā (Lalou, ou avec un produit sans parcelles vivantes, etymologizing as from a-prāṇa) kuṅkumacandanādibhiḥ. The evident correspondence between our word and Pali apaṇṇa(ka) makes Lalou's interpretation hardly possible. Our word is a secondary hyper-Sanskritism, but the history of it remains quite unknown.
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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