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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parapiṇḍa (परपिण्ड).—another's food, food given by another. °अद् (ad) a., °भक्षक (bhakṣaka) a. one who eats another's food or one who feeds at the cost of another; यादृशोऽहं परपिण्डभक्षको भूतः (yādṛśo'haṃ parapiṇḍabhakṣako bhūtaḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 8.25/26; (-m.) a servant. °रत (rata) a. feeding upon another's food; परपिण्डरता मनुष्याः (parapiṇḍaratā manuṣyāḥ) Bh.

Derivable forms: parapiṇḍaḥ (परपिण्डः).

Parapiṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms para and piṇḍa (पिण्ड).

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

Parapiṇḍa (परपिण्ड).—n.

(-ṇḍaṃ) Food given by another. E. para, and piṇḍa a ball of rice or meat.

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

Parapiṇḍa (परपिण्ड):—[=para-piṇḍa] [from para] in -puṣṭaka m. ‘nourished by an°’s food’, a servant, [Mṛcchakaṭikā viii, 25/26]

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

Parapiṇḍa (परपिण्ड):—[para-piṇḍa] (ṇḍaṃ) 1. n. Food given.

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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: Pinda, Para.

Starts with: Parapindada, Parapindapushtaka.

Full-text: Parapindada, Tarkuka, Savamana, Lolupata, Apamana.

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