Parajayika, Pārajāyika: 8 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pārajāyika (पारजायिक).—An adulterer. See पारदारिकः (pāradārikaḥ).

Derivable forms: pārajāyikaḥ (पारजायिकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pārājayika (पाराजयिक).—adj., grave, extremely serious (sin), = pārājika, q.v.; the identity of the two is proved by °jayikādhyāpanna Bodhisattvabhūmi 159.22 = Pali (pārājikaṃ) ajjhā- panna (q.v. in Critical Pali Dictionary), see adhyāpadyate; similarly Bodhisattvabhūmi 180.26, see ibid.; bodhisattvasya catvāraḥ °jayika-sthānīyā dharmāḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 158.3, 5, etc.; 159.3; they are described in this passage, but bear no resemblance to the four pārājika of monks, being evidently a recent invention patterned on that ancient category.

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

Pārajāyika (पारजायिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) An adulterer. E. para another jāyā wife, ṭhak aff.

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

Pārajāyika (पारजायिक).—i. e. para -jāyā + ika, adj. sbst. An adulterer, Mahābhārata 12, 2512.

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

Pārajāyika (पारजायिक):—[=pāra-jāyika] [from pāra] ([Mahābhārata]) m. one who intrigues with another’s wife, an adulterer.

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

Pārajāyika (पारजायिक):—[pāra-jāyika] (kaḥ) 1. m. An adulterer.

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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.

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