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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Asāṃprata (असांप्रत) refers to “improper”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.16 (“Brahmā consoles the gods”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā said to the Gods: “O gods, the demon Tāraka has flourished, thanks to my words of blessings. His destruction through me does not seem proper. Improper [i.e., asāṃprata] is the destruction through that source wherefrom he has flourished. Even a poisonous tree tended and nurtured by one cannot be cut and felled down by oneself. Śiva is the most suitable agent to carry out your task. But I myself cannot do anything remedial in this case. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

asāmprata (असांप्रत).—a S Irrelevant to the matter in hand, foreign, inopportune, unseasonable.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

asāmprata (असांप्रत).—a Irrelevant to the matter in hand. Foreign. Inopportune.

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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 dictionary

Asāṃprata (असांप्रत).—a. Unfit, unbecoming, improper; अनाचक्षाणयाऽसांप्रतं कृतम् (anācakṣāṇayā'sāṃprataṃ kṛtam) M.5.

-tam ind. Improperly, unfitly; oft. used with an adjectival force = असांप्रत (asāṃprata); विषवृक्षोऽपि संवर्ध्य स्वयं छेत्तुमसांप्रतम् (viṣavṛkṣo'pi saṃvardhya svayaṃ chettumasāṃpratam) Kumārasambhava 2.55; संप्रत्यसांप्रतं वक्तुमुक्ते मुसल- पाणिना (saṃpratyasāṃprataṃ vaktumukte musala- pāṇinā) Śiśupālavadha 2.71. R.8.61; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.245.

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

Asāṃprata (असांप्रत).—[adjective] unfit, improper; [neuter] [adverb]

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

1) Asāṃprata (असांप्रत):—[=a-sāṃprata] mfn. not becoming, improper, [Mahābhārata i, 6371, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] unseasonable, [Daśakumāra-carita]

3) [v.s. ...] not belonging to the present time (as Brahman), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Asamprata 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Asāṃprata (ಅಸಾಂಪ್ರತ):—

1) [adjective] not of or belonging to the present time.

2) [adjective] unfit; improper; unbecoming.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Samprata, A.

Starts with: Asampratam.

Ends with: Sarasamprata, Sarvasamprata.

Full-text: Asampratam, Asampratikata, Samprata.

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