Malaprishtha, Malapṛṣṭha, Mala-prishtha: 5 definitions
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Malaprishtha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Malapṛṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Malaprstha or Malaprishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymalapṛṣṭha (मलपृष्ठ).—n (S mala Dirt, pṛṣṭha Page.) The outer or first page of a book left unwritten because exposed to be dirtied, the fly-leaf.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmalapṛṣṭha (मलपृष्ठ).—n The fly-leaf.
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 dictionaryMalapṛṣṭha (मलपृष्ठ).—the first (or outer) page of a book.
Derivable forms: malapṛṣṭham (मलपृष्ठम्).
Malapṛṣṭha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mala and pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMalapṛṣṭha (मलपृष्ठ).—n.
(-ṣṭhaṃ) The outer page of a book.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMalapṛṣṭha (मलपृष्ठ):—[=mala-pṛṣṭha] [from mala] n. ‘dust-page’, the outer or first page of a book (left unwritten because liable to be dirtied), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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