Alternative spellings of this word include Lokapavad.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

lōkāpavāda (लोकापवाद).—m (S) A general outcry against; popular accusation.

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

lōkāpavāda (लोकापवाद).—m Popular accusation.

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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

Lokāpavāda (लोकापवाद).—public scandal, popular censure; लोकापवादो बलवान् मतो मे (lokāpavādo balavān mato me) R.14.4.

Derivable forms: lokāpavādaḥ (लोकापवादः).

Lokāpavāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loka and apavāda (अपवाद).

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

Lokāpavāda (लोकापवाद).—m.

(-daḥ) Popular accusation.

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

Lokāpavāda (लोकापवाद).—[masculine] the reproach of the world, general evil report.

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

Lokāpavāda (लोकापवाद):—[from loka > lok] m. the reproach or censure of the world, general evil report, public scandal, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Lokapavada 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Lokāpavāda (लोकापवाद) [Also spelled lokapavad]:—(nm) public slander.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Lōkāpavāda (ಲೋಕಾಪವಾದ):—[noun] general evil report, disrepute, disgrace, etc. about a person.

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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.

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Partial matches: Loka, Apavada.

Full-text: Lokapavad, Abhishasti, Balavant.

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