Apravritta, Apravṛtta: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Apravṛtta can be transliterated into English as Apravrtta or Apravritta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Apravritta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apravṛtta (अप्रवृत्त).—a.

1) Not acting, not engaged in.

2) Not instigated.

3) Not proper; अप्रवृत्तं सुदुर्बुद्धे यस्मादेतत्त्वया कृतम् (apravṛttaṃ sudurbuddhe yasmādetattvayā kṛtam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.192.47.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apravṛtta (अप्रवृत्त):—[=a-pravṛtta] [from a-pravartaka] mfn. not acting, not engaged in

2) [v.s. ...] not commenced, not instigated.

3) [v.s. ...] not due, unjust (as taxes), [Buddha-carita ii, 44].

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

Apravṛtta (अप्रवृत्त):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-ttaḥ-ttā-ttam) Not begun, not taken place, not come into existence; e. g. in Mādhava's Jaim.-nyāyam.: prāptasya pravṛttiratīteti na tannivāraṇaṃ śakyam . aprāptasya bādhāviṣayatvenāvasthānameva nāsti . tasmānna yukto bādha iti cet .. maivam . buddhyā viṣayīkṛtasya vārayituṃ śakyatvāt . na caitadatyantaṃ pravṛttam . anuṣṭhānarūpaphalaparyavasānābhāvāt . nāpyatyantamapravṛttam . tadbuddherutpannatvāt &c.; or phalaṃ vidheyam…iti cet .. maivam . apravṛttapravartanaṃ hi vidhānam . phale tu puruṣaḥ saundaryaṃ jānaṃsvayaṃ rāgādeva pravṛtta iti vyarthastatra vidhiḥ. E. a neg. and pravṛtta.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apravṛtta (अप्रवृत्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Appavitta.

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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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