Papakritya, Pāpakṛtya, Papa-kritya: 4 definitions
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Papakritya 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 Pāpakṛtya can be transliterated into English as Papakrtya or Papakritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
1) Pāpakṛtya (पापकृत्य):—[=pāpa-kṛtya] [from pāpa] [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati ([from] -kṛt), to do wrong, [Patañjali]
2) Pāpakṛtyā (पापकृत्या):—[=pāpa-kṛtyā] [from pāpa] f. an evil deed, sin, crime, [Atharva-veda etc.] etc.
Pāpakṛtyā (पापकृत्या):—(pāpa + kṛ) f. dass. [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3, 31, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 2, 7, 33. 13, 5, 4, 1.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 2, 8.] [LĀṬY. 3, 3, 9.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 4, 11, 2.] [Mahābhārata 1, 672. 678.]
Pāpakṛtyā (पापकृत्या):—f. Uebelthat , Missethat.
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
Pāpakṛtya (ಪಾಪಕೃತ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಪಾಪಕರ್ಮ - [papakarma -] 1.
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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