Nripanapitaputranyaya, Nṛpanāpitaputranyāya, Nripanapitaputra-nyaya: 1 definition
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Nripanapitaputranyaya 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 Nṛpanāpitaputranyāya can be transliterated into English as Nrpanapitaputranyaya or Nripanapitaputranyaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNṛpanāpitaputranyāya (नृपनापितपुत्रन्याय):—[=nṛ-pa-nāpita-putra-nyāya] [from nṛ] m. the rule of the king and the barber’s son (id est. the rule of innate fondness for one’s own, like the barber, who when asked by the king to bring him a fine boy, brought his own ugly son), [Apte’s The Practical 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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Partial matches: Nyaya.
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