Paraka, Parakā, Parāka, Pāraka: 11 definitions
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Introduction:
Paraka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaParāka (पराक) (in parākiṇām) refers to a “religious vow involving a fast of twelve days”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 17.193.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryparakā (परका) [or खा, khā].—a (parakīya S) Other, foreign, not among one's own;--used of persons: also strange, different, new;--used of things.
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pārakā (पारका).—a Commonly pārakhā. Other &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishparakā (परका).—or-khā Other, foreign, different, new.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryParāka (पराक).—a. Small.
-kaḥ 1 A sacrificial sword.
2) A kind of penance; यतात्मनोऽप्रमत्तस्य द्वादशाहमभोजनम् । पराको नाम कृच्छ्रोऽयं सर्वपापापनोदनः (yatātmano'pramattasya dvādaśāhamabhojanam | parāko nāma kṛcchro'yaṃ sarvapāpāpanodanaḥ) Ms.11.215; N.17.193. द्वादशाहोपवासेन पराकः परिकीर्तितः (dvādaśāhopavāsena parākaḥ parikīrtitaḥ); U.4.
3) A kind of disease.
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Pāraka (पारक).—a. (-kī) [पॄ-ण्वुल् (pṝ-ṇvul)]
1) Enabling to cross.
2) Carrying over, saving, delivering.
3) Pleasing, satisfying.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryParāka (पराक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A religious obligation of an expiatory kind, fasting for twelve days and nights, and keeping the mind attentive, and organs subdued. 2. A sacrificial sword or scimitar. E. parā best, aka what goes.
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Pāraka (पारक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kī-kaṃ) 1. What purifies, protects, cherishes, pleases, &c. 2. What enables one to cross, (a river or the world.) 3. Serving, delivering. E. pṝ to please, ṇvul aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryParāka (पराक).—i. e. parāñc + a, m. A sort of penance, fasting for twelve days and nights, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 215.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryParāka (पराक).—[substantive] distance (only [locative] & [ablative]); [masculine] a kind of penance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Paraka (परक):—[from para] ifc. = para, ‘the following sound or word’, e.g. iti-śabda-p, followed by the word iti, [Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) Parāka (पराक):—[from parāñc] m. distance (only e and āt, at or from a d°), [Ṛg-veda] (cf. [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska iii, 26])
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Tri-rātra, [Brāhmaṇa; ???]
4) [v.s. ...] of a sort of religious penance (said to consist in fasting for 12 days and nights and keeping the mind attentive and organs subdued), [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]
5) [v.s. ...] a sacrificial sword, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a kind of disease, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a species of animal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] mfn. small, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) Pāraka (पारक):—[from pāra] a mf(ī)n. carrying over, saving, delivering (cf. ugra-p)
10) [v.s. ...] enabling to cross (a river or the world), [Horace H. Wilson]
11) [v.s. ...] satisfying, pleasing, cherishing, [ib.]
12) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of a People, R
13) b See under 1. pāra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Parāka (पराक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A penance of 12 days and nights; sacrificial knife.
2) Pāraka (पारक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kī-kaṃ) a.] Purifying; cherishing; conducting across.
[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchParaka (परक):—= para am Ende eines adj. comp.: itiśabdaparaka worauf das Wort iti folgt [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 62,] [Scholiast] ḍācparaka [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 100. 4, 93.]
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Parāka (पराक):—
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Pāraka (पारक):—f. pārakī gaṇa gaurādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 41.]
1) nom. ag. (von 2. par) viell. hinüberführend, errettend im Nomen proprium udrapāraka . —
2) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 40, 29.]
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Parāka (पराक):—
3) [Oxforder Handschriften 283,a,14.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 356.]
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Pāraka (पारक):—vgl. bhikṣukī .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungParaka (परक):—am Ende eines adj. Comp. - para 2)a).
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Parāka (पराक):——
1) Ferne , Nur Loc. in der Ferne und Abl. aus d. F. , fern. —
2) m. — a) ein best. Trirātra. — b) eine best. Kasteiung. — c) *Schwert. — d) *eine best. Krankheit. — e) *ein best. Thier. —
3) *Adj. winzig.
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Pāraka (पारक):——
1) Adj. (*f. ī) hinüberführend , errettend in udra —
2) m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+7): Parakai, Parakala, Parakalana, Parakalatra, Parakalatrabhigamana, Parakama, Parakamini, Parakamma, Parakankshin, Parakapala, Parakara, Parakaragata, Parakarana, Parakarman, Parakarmanirata, Parakarna, Parakaroti, Parakarshayati, Parakarya, Parakasha.
Ends with (+6): Ahiparaka, Aparaka, Atiparaka, Bhikshukiparaka, Caparaka, Chandomavatparaka, Dvaiparaka, Dviparaka, Jimmaparaka, Karparaka, Kopparaka, Kurparaka, Mahaparaka, Niparaka, Paramparaka, Paraparaka, Sadaparaka, Saptaparaka, Sauparaka, Shaurparaka.
Full-text (+34): Aparaka, Parakattat, Mahaparaka, Parakya, Tarakabaraka, Vicaradhara, Udraparaka, Niparaka, Pratisphiti, Parakai, Dviparaka, Atiparaka, Dvaiparaka, Bhikshukiparaka, Samracana, Saptaparaka, Aihalaukika, Vichardhara, Paribhasha, Svarupa.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.215 < [Section XXIX - Description of the Expiatory Penances]
Verse 11.258 < [Section XXXII - Expiation of Secret Sins]
Verse 11.117 < [Section XI - Expiation of “Minor Offences”: Cow-killing (goghna)]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXXI - The Caturmasyam Vratam < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter CCXXXI - Expiatory Penances < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CV - Rites of atonement (Prayaschitta) < [Agastya Samhita]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 30 - Manifestation of Siddheśvara (Siddha-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 62 - The Practice of Mahāvidyā < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 143 - Provocation of Jābāli < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 19 - Purificatory Acts for Other Sins < [Section 4 - Brahma-khaṇḍa (Section on Brahman)]
Chapter 222 - Kāśī, Gokarṇa, Śivakāñcī, Tīrthasaptaka and Bhīmakuṇḍa < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 117 - Fruit of Worship by Justly Procured, Stolen and Impaired Material < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)