Padakricchra, Pādakṛcchra, Pada-kricchra, Padakricchri: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pādakṛcchra can be transliterated into English as Padakrcchra or Padakricchra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Padakrichchhra.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPādakṛcchra (पादकृच्छ्र).—a vow in which taking of meals and observing a fast are done on alternate days; Y.
Derivable forms: pādakṛcchram (पादकृच्छ्रम्).
Pādakṛcchra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāda and kṛcchra (कृच्छ्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādakṛcchra (पादकृच्छ्र).—n.
(-cchraṃ) A sort of penance, eating once and fasting on alternate nights. E. pāda a quarter, and kṛcchra penance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādakṛcchra (पादकृच्छ्र):—[=pāda-kṛcchra] [from pāda > pād] m. ‘quarter-penance’, a sort of p° (eating and fasting on alternate nights), [Yājñavalkya]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādakṛcchra (पादकृच्छ्र):—[pāda-kṛcchra] (cchraṃ) 1. n. A sort of penance, eating once and fasting on alternate nights.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPādakṛcchṛ (ಪಾದಕೃಚ್ಛೃ):—[noun] a penance of fasting for four days undertaken as a self-punishment for a wrong doing.
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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