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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Kuputra (कुपुत्र) refers to “wicked son”, which is mentioned as an item of wealth in order to demonstrate the wicked nature of gambling (durodara), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.17.—Accordingly, “[...] better to be issueless (aputratva) than have a wicked son (kuputra) who defiles the entire family (kulapāṃsana). It is the traditional policy to abandon one to save the family. The Brāhmaṇa took his bath, performed his daily rites and married the daughter of a Vedic scholar the same day”.

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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

kuputra (कुपुत्र).—m (S) A disobedient or disgracing son.

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

kuputra (कुपुत्र).—m A disobedient or disgracing son.

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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

Kuputra (कुपुत्र).—Mars.

Derivable forms: kuputraḥ (कुपुत्रः).

Kuputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and putra (पुत्र).

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Kuputra (कुपुत्र).—a bad or wicked son: यादृशं फल- माप्नोति कुप्लवैः संतरन् जलम् । तादृशं फलमाप्नोति कुपुत्रैः संतरंस्तमः (yādṛśaṃ phala- māpnoti kuplavaiḥ saṃtaran jalam | tādṛśaṃ phalamāpnoti kuputraiḥ saṃtaraṃstamaḥ) || Manusmṛti 9.161. कुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति, देव्यपराध- क्षमापनस्तोत्र (kuputro jāyeta kvacidapi kumātā na bhavati, devyaparādha- kṣamāpanastotra) (ascribed to a later śaṅkarācārya).

Derivable forms: kuputraḥ (कुपुत्रः).

Kuputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ku and putra (पुत्र).

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

Kuputra (कुपुत्र).—m.

(-traḥ) 1. A son of an inferior degree, as one adopted, &c. 2. A disobedient or wicked son. E. ku, and putra a son.

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

Kuputra (कुपुत्र).—[masculine] a bad son.

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

1) Kuputra (कुपुत्र):—[=ku-putra] [from ku] m. ([gana] manojñādi) a bad or wicked son

2) [v.s. ...] a son of an inferior degree (as an adopted son, etc.), [Manu-smṛti ix, 161; Pañcatantra]

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

Kuputra (कुपुत्र):—[ku-putra] (traḥ) 1. m. A bad son.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kuputra 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: Putra, Ku.

Full-text: Kauputraka, Kaputa, Kumariputra, Pamsana, Kulapamsana, Putrika, Aputratva, Ku.

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