The Sanskrit terms Parākṛta and Parakṛta can be transliterated into English as Parakrta or Parakrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: University of Vienna: Sudarśana's Worship at the Royal Court According to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā

Parakṛta (परकृत) refers to “one’s enemies”, according to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, belonging to the Pāñcarātra tradition which deals with theology, rituals, iconography, narrative mythology and others.—Accordingly, “[...] [The demons born of] the aggressive magic of [his] enemies (parakṛta—parakṛtāścainam), having failed to take hold of him, frightened will possess the performer [of the ritual], like a river[’s fury] blocked by a mountain. Droughts will end and enemies will run away. In his kingdom there will not be dangers in the form of untimely deaths, wild animals, beasts of prey, thieves, illnesses etc. and strength shall reside in his lineage”.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

parākṛta (पराकृत).—a (A barbarism of the poets from prākṛta) Natural, common, ordinary, usual. Ex. āhē taisā nōvhē (for navhē) aisā hā ananta || nayē pa0 mhaṇō yāsi ||. For other senses see prākṛta.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Parākṛta (पराकृत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Rejected, set aside, thrown off, disdained. E. para, and kṛta made.

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

Parākṛta (पराकृत):—[=parā-kṛta] [from parā-kṛ] mfn. set aside, rejected, disdained, [ib.]

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

Parākṛta (पराकृत):—[parā-kṛta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) p. Disdained, rejected, set aside.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Parākṛta (पराकृत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Parākaya.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Krita, Para.

Ends with: Parasparakrita.

Full-text: Parakaya, Parakkiratam, Parakkatam, Para, Kar.

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