Asatparigraha, Asat-parigraha: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asatparigraha (असत्परिग्रह).—acceptance of unfit presents, receiving presents from improper persons; Manusmṛti 12.32.

Derivable forms: asatparigrahaḥ (असत्परिग्रहः).

Asatparigraha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms asat and parigraha (परिग्रह).

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

Asatparigraha (असत्परिग्रह).—m.

(-haḥ) Receiving unfit presents, or from improper persons. E. asat and parigraha acceptance.

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

Asatparigraha (असत्परिग्रह):—[=a-sat-parigraha] [from a-sat] mfn. receiving unfit presents, or from improper persons, [Manu-smṛti xi, 194; xii, 32.]

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

Asatparigraha (असत्परिग्रह):—[asat-parigraha] (haḥ) 1. m. Receiving presents unfit or from improper persons.

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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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