Parakranti, Parakrānti, Para-kranti: 5 definitions

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Parakranti 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Parakranti in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

parakrānti (परक्रांति).—f S The obliquity of the ecliptic.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Parakranti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parakrānti (परक्रान्ति).—f. inclination of the ecliptic.

Derivable forms: parakrāntiḥ (परक्रान्तिः).

Parakrānti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms para and krānti (क्रान्ति).

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

1) Parakrānti (परक्रान्ति):—[=para-krānti] [from para] f. the greatest declination, inclination of the ecliptic, [Sūryasiddhānta]

2) Parākrānti (पराक्रान्ति):—[from parā-kram] f. marching forward (?), [Jaiminīya-upaniṣad]

[Sanskrit to German]

Parakranti in German

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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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