Apurvakarman, Apūrvakarman, Apurva-karman: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApūrvakarman (अपूर्वकर्मन्).—n. religious rites the power of which on the future is not seen before.
Apūrvakarman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apūrva and karman (कर्मन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryApūrvakarman (अपूर्वकर्मन्):—[=a-pūrva-karman] [from a-pūrva] n. a religious rite or sacrifice (the power of which on the future is not before seen).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApūrvakarman (अपूर्वकर्मन्):—[karmadharaya compound] n.
(-rma) 1) (In the Mīmāṃsā philosophy.) A sacrificial act called apūrva q. v. (I. 1. 2. 1. b.); e. g. darvihomānāmapūrvakarmatvānnāsti tatra kasyāpi vidhyantasyātideśaḥ.
2) An extraordinary deed. E. apūrva and karman.
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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Partial matches: Karma, Apurva.
Full-text: Apurvata.
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