Aprashasta, Apraśasta: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Apraśasta can be transliterated into English as Aprasasta or Aprashasta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 7: The Five VowsApraśasta (अप्रशस्त, “not commendable”) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 7.14.—What is meant by not commendable (apraśasta)? The speech which causes injury to others is not commendable.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryapraśasta (अप्रशस्त).—a (S) Narrow, strait, confined, not roomy. 2 Inelegant, unidiomatical, unclassical.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishapraśasta (अप्रशस्त).—a Narrow, not roomy. Inelegant, unidiomatical.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApraśasta (अप्रशस्त).—a.
1) Not praiseworthy, worthless, contemptible.
2) Not approved, forbidden.
3) (Ved.) Disobedient.
4) Less, deficient, decayed (kṣīṇa).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApraśasta (अप्रशस्त).—mfn.
(-staḥ-stā-staṃ) Bad, worthless. E. a neg. praśasta excellent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryApraśasta (अप्रशस्त).—[adjective] unpraised or unpraiseworthy; bad, evil.
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Apraśasta (अप्रशस्त).—[adjective] unpraised or unpraiseworthy; bad, evil.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apraśasta (अप्रशस्त):—[=a-praśasta] 1. a-praśasta mfn. not praised, fameless, [Ṛg-veda ii, 41, 16 and iv, 28, 4]
2) [v.s. ...] not good, inferior, worthless
3) [v.s. ...] n. dirt, natural excretion, [Manu-smṛti xi, 255.]
4) [v.s. ...] 2. a-praśasta mfn. not praised, blamable, [Ṛg-veda i, 167, 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApraśasta (अप्रशस्त):—m. f. n.
(-staḥ-stā-stam) I. [tatpurusha compound]
1) Not good, in-ferior, bad, evil; e. g. in the Nalop.: vibhītakaścāpraśastaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ kalisaṃśrayāt; or Viṣṇu (as quoted in the Mitākṣ.): apraśastāstu kānīnagūḍhotpannasahoḍhajāḥ &c. (i. e. inferior to the savarṇāḥ sons); or Mādhava in the Jaim.-nyāyam. (on the choice of a priest belonging to one, two or three Gotras, in the performance of the Darśapūrṇamāsa-sacrifice): ekavaraṇadvivaraṇe apraśaste api yadā kartavye . tadā trivaraṇasya kartavyatvaṃ kimu vaktavyamiti stutiḥ; or Ṛgv.: pānti mitrāvaruṇāvavadyāccayata īmaryamo apraśastān (Sāyaṇa: apraśastān = kṣīṇānapi padārthān); or Parāśara (as quoted by Rādhāk.): apraśastaṃ niśi snānaṃ rāhoranyatra darśanāt ‘it is not good to bathe at night time as Rāhu might see it’.—The neuter occurs in Manu in the sense of ‘dirt, natural excretion’, apraśastaṃ tu kṛtvāpsu māsamāsīta bhaikṣabhuk (Kullūka: apraśastaṃ mūtrapurīṣotsargādikam). E. a neg. and praśasta. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] (ved.)
1) Worthless, contemptible; e. g. Ṛgv.: indra…viśo dāsīrakṛṇorapraśastāḥ (Sāyaṇa: apraśastā garhitāḥ).
2) Without property, poor; e. g. Ṛgv.: apraśastā iva smasi praśastimamba naskṛdhi (Sāyaṇa: apraśastā iva dhanābhāvādasamṛddhā iva). E. a priv. and praśasta.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Apraśasta (अप्रशस्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Appasattha.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusApraśasta (ಅಪ್ರಶಸ್ತ):—
1) [adjective] not auspicious; unfavourable; unlucky; ill-omened; inauspicious.
2) [adjective] (dial.) improper; not good; not right.
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Apraśasta (ಅಪ್ರಶಸ್ತ):—[noun] an unfit, inappropriate man.
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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Partial matches: Prashasta, A.
Ends with: Bhaprashasta, Khandaprashasta, Lakshanaprashasta, Vijnaprashasta.
Full-text: Anakshi, Aprashasya, Appasattha, Prashasta, Akshetra, Prashas, Amati, Akula, Shams.
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