Apravriddha, Apravṛddha: 5 definitions

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Apravriddha 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.

The Sanskrit term Apravṛddha can be transliterated into English as Apravrddha or Apravriddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Apravriddha in Shaktism glossary
Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Apravṛddha (अप्रवृद्ध) refers to those who are “undeveloped”, according to the second recension of the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, as the Goddess said: “[...] That great power (mahat) is Viṣṇu and (its) form is energy (śaktibimba) that abides threefold. The great fools (of this world) do not know the empowered (śākta) body of Viṣṇu. Then those who are undeveloped [i.e., apravṛddha] have the form of many (corporeal) abodes. They do not know the one energy, (the goddess) who pervades everything and is the abode of all living beings who is said to be made of (the energies of) all the letters. [...]”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Apravriddha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apravṛddha (अप्रवृद्ध):—[=a-pravṛddha] mfn. not excessively grown, ([gana] pravṛddhādi q.v.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apravṛddha (अप्रवृद्ध):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-ddhaḥ-ddhā-ddham) Not full grown, not very large &c.; see the meanings of pravṛddha. [N. B. This word is mentioned in the modern compilation of a comm. to Pāṇini as an instance to the ākritigaṇa pravṛddhādi (Vi. 2. 147.), when it would be udātta on the last syllable; but it occurs neither in the Kāśikā, nor in the Siddhaṇtak. and its comm., the Praudhamanor., nor in Nṛsiṃha's Swaramañjarī; and as Patanjali and his commentators Kaiyyata and Nagojibhaṭṭa have no gloss on this Sūtra, it becomes very doubtful whether the quoted Gaṇa extends to the word pravṛddha in composition with the neg. a.] E. a neg. and pravṛddha.

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Apravriddha in German

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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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