Gunaprakarsha, Guṇaprakarṣa, Guna-prakarsha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Guṇaprakarṣa can be transliterated into English as Gunaprakarsa or Gunaprakarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGuṇaprakarṣa (गुणप्रकर्ष).—excellence of merits, great merit; गुणप्रकर्षादुडुपेन शम्भोरलङ्- घ्यमुल्लङ्घितमुत्तमाङ्गम् (guṇaprakarṣāduḍupena śambhoralaṅ- ghyamullaṅghitamuttamāṅgam) Mṛcchakaṭika 4.23.
Derivable forms: guṇaprakarṣaḥ (गुणप्रकर्षः).
Guṇaprakarṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guṇa and prakarṣa (प्रकर्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuṇaprakarṣa (गुणप्रकर्ष).—m.
(-rṣaḥ) Great merit, excellence. E. guṇa and prakarṣa eminence.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuṇaprakarṣa (गुणप्रकर्ष):—[=guṇa-prakarṣa] [from guṇa] m. idem, [Mṛcchakaṭikā iv, 22; Kāvyaprakāśa vii, 11/12.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuṇaprakarṣa (गुणप्रकर्ष):—[guṇa-prakarṣa] (rṣaḥ) 1. n. Idem.
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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