The Sanskrit term Apṛkta can be transliterated into English as Aprkta or Aprikta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Apṛkta (अपृक्त).—lit. unmixed with any (letter); a technical term for an affix consisting of one phonetic element, i.e. of a single letter. cf. अपृक्त एकाल्प्रत्ययः (apṛkta ekālpratyayaḥ) P. I.2.41.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apṛkta (अपृक्त).—a. Not united, uncombined.

-ktaḥ 1 (In gram.) An affix (or a word) consisting of a single letter; अपृक्त एकाल्प्रत्ययः (apṛkta ekālpratyayaḥ) P.I.2.41; एकवर्णपदमपृक्तम् (ekavarṇapadamapṛktam) Sk.

2) (In the Prātiśākhyas) The preposition आ (ā) and the particle उ (u).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apṛkta (अपृक्त).—mfn.

(-ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) Unmixed, uncombined. m.

(-ktaḥ) (In grammar) an affix of a single letter. E. a neg. pṛkta combined.

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

Apṛkta (अपृक्त):—[=a-pṛkta] mfn. unmixed, uncombined (said of a word [as ā and u [Prātiśākhya] or an affix, [Pāṇini]] consisting of a single letter id est. of one not combined with another).

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

Apṛkta (अपृक्त):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. m. n.

(-ktaḥ-ktam) (In the Prātiśakhyas.) A particle consisting of a single vowel, viz. the prepos. ā and the particle u (which becomes ū); e. g. Prātiś. of the Vājas.: ekavarṇaṃ padamapṛktam; or apṛktaḥ sa u; Prātiś. of the Ṛgv.: ukāraścetikaraṇena yukto raktopṛkto drāghitaḥ śākalena. 2. m.

(-ktaḥ) (In the system of Pāṇini.) An affix the real value of which consists of a single letter (according to the Sūtra I. 2. 41.; but the practical purport of this general rule is conveyed by the restrictions of two Vārttikas and Patanjali's Bhāṣya to this effect, that in Pāṇini the term applies amongst affixes of a single consonant, to the affix v which is technically called kvip, kvin and ṇvi—comp. Vi. 1. 67.—, to the nom. sing. aff. s—technic. su—and to the second and third pers. sing. of the imperf. s and t, substitutes of si and ti—; amongst affixes of a single vowel, to a which is technically aṇ, to i which is technically iñ—comp. Ii. 4. 58.—, and, as Patanjali adds, to a, technically ṇa—comp. Iv. 1. 150.—). E. a neg. and pṛkta, 1. scil. kāra or pada, 2. scil. pratyaya.

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

Apṛkta (अपृक्त):—[a-pṛkta] (ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) a. Unmixed.

[Sanskrit to German]

Aprikta in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Prikta, A.

Ends with: Ghritaprikta, Jalaprikta, Mayukhaprikta.

Full-text: Ekal, Ekavarna, Alpragrahana.

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