Alternative spellings of this word include Parachina.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parācīna (पराचीन).—a. [parāc-kha]

1) Turned in an opposite direction, averted; पराचीनोऽभवत्तेभ्यः (parācīno'bhavattebhyaḥ) Śiva B.27.42.

2) Averse from, disinclined to.

3) Not minding, not caring about.

4) Happening subsequently or afterwards (uttarakālabhava).

5) Situated on the other side, being beyond; न कदाचित् पराचीना भवितुमुत्सहन्ते (na kadācit parācīnā bhavitumutsahante) Bhāg. 5.2.37.

6) Unfit, improper.

7) Outward (bahirmukha); ज्ञानमेकं पराचीनैरिन्द्रियैर्ब्रह्म निर्गुणम् (jñānamekaṃ parācīnairindriyairbrahma nirguṇam) Bhāgavata 3.32.28.

-nam ind.

1) Away from, beyond.

2) More than.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parācīna (पराचीन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Turned away, having the face averted. 2. Not minding, not caring about. 3. Happening subsequently. 4. Situated on the other side. E. parāñc or parāc turned away, kha aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parācīna (पराचीन).—i. e. parāñc + īna, adj. 1. Turned away, [Suśruta] 1, 100, 12. 2. Not minding, Mahābhārata 12, 8159. 3. Being beyond, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 20, 30.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parācīna (पराचीन).—[adjective] turned away, averted, opposite; not caring for, indifferent about ([ablative]); [neuter] [adverb] beyond, away, after (as [preposition] [with] [ablative]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parācīna (पराचीन):—[from parāñc] mfn. turned away or downwards or opposite, averted, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.

2) [v.s. ...] being o° or beyond or outside of [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] averse from, indifferent to ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] unfit, improper, [Harṣacarita]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parācīna (पराचीन):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) a.] Turned away.

[Sanskrit to German]

Paracina in German

context information

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 corpus

Parācīna (ಪರಾಚೀನ):—

1) [adjective] = ಪರಾಙ್ಮುಖ [paranmukha]1 - 1.

2) [adjective] in or to, toward from or facing the west or western countries.

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Parācīna (ಪರಾಚೀನ):—[noun] = ಪರಾಙ್ಮುಖ [paranmukha]2- 2 & 3.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Paracinam, Paracinaratra.

Ends with: Aparacina.

Full-text: Paracinaratra, Paracinam, Anuloma.

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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)

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