The Sanskrit term Duṣprāpa can be transliterated into English as Dusprapa or Dushprapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप) refers to “that which is difficult to attain”, according to verse 3-52 of the Śivasaṃhitā.—Accordingly, “A man who dwells in the subterranean realms can see [up to] the world of Brahma. [This] power called Prāpti is very difficult to attain (su-duṣprāpa) for those who are not Yogins”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप) refers to “(being) hard to attain”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Here in the world a whole multitude of objects, and the supremacy that is desired by the chiefs of snakes, men and gods, and other than [that], family, power, prosperity, and wanton women, etc. is easily obtained. On the contrary, that very same jewel of enlightenment alone is difficult to obtain [com.—duṣprāpa—‘hard to attain’]. [Thus ends the reflection on] enlightenment”.

Synonyms: Durlabha.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप) [or दुष्प्राप्य, duṣprāpya].—a S Difficult of obtainment, rare, scarce.

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

duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप) [or duṣprapyā, or दुष्प्रप्या].—a Difficult of obtainment, rare.

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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

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप).—a. unattainable, hard to get; R.1.48; असंयता- त्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः (asaṃyatā- tmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 6.36.

Duṣprāpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and prāpa (प्राप). See also (synonyms): duṣprāpaṇa.

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

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप).—mfn.

(-paḥ-pā-paṃ) Difficult of attainment, difficult to be got or reached. E. dur, and prāpa obtaining.

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

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप).—i. e. dus-pra-āp -a, adj., f. pā, Difficult to be attained, Mahābhārata 4, 115

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

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप).—[adjective] hard to attain.

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

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप):—[=duṣ-prāpa] [from duṣ > dur] mfn. hard to attain, inaccessible, remote, [Mahābhārata; ???; Purāṇa etc.]

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

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप):—[du-ṣprāpa] (paḥ-pā-paṃ) a. Hard to obtain.

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

Duṣprāpa (दुष्प्राप) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Duppāya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dushprapa 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dush, Du, Prapa.

Starts with: Dushprapana, Dushprapanca, Dutprapadana.

Ends with: Adushprapa, Sudushprapa.

Full-text: Prapa, Dushprapya, Duranupalana, Dutprapta, Duppaya, Dushprapana, Asecana, Duhprapa, Sudushprapa, Duhshima, Asecanaka, Asamyata, Durlabha, Shamya.

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