Mritprakshepa, Mṛtprakṣepa, Mrid-prakshepa: 3 definitions
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Mritprakshepa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Mṛtprakṣepa can be transliterated into English as Mrtpraksepa or Mritprakshepa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMṛtprakṣepa (मृत्प्रक्षेप).—scattering earth over (for purification); मृत्प्रक्षेपेण शुध्यति (mṛtprakṣepeṇa śudhyati) Manusmṛti 5.125.
Derivable forms: mṛtprakṣepaḥ (मृत्प्रक्षेपः).
Mṛtprakṣepa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛd and prakṣepa (प्रक्षेप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛtprakṣepa (मृत्प्रक्षेप).—[masculine] scattering earth over anything.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛtprakṣepa (मृत्प्रक्षेप):—[=mṛt-prakṣepa] [from mṛt > mṛd] m. scattering earth over anything (for purification), [Manu-smṛti v, 125.]
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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Partial matches: Mrit, Mrid, Prakshepa.
Full-text: Prakshepa.
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