Parihapana, Parihāpaṇa: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryParihāpaṇa (परिहापण).—Causing loss of revenue; प्रतिबन्धः प्रयोगो व्यवहारोऽवस्तारः परिहापणमुपभोगः (pratibandhaḥ prayogo vyavahāro'vastāraḥ parihāpaṇamupabhogaḥ)... कोशक्षयः (kośakṣayaḥ) Kau. A.2.7.23; also क्लृप्तमायं परिहापयति व्ययं वा विवर्धयति इति परिहापणम् (klṛptamāyaṃ parihāpayati vyayaṃ vā vivardhayati iti parihāpaṇam).
Derivable forms: parihāpaṇam (परिहापणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryParihāpaṇa (परिहापण).—(nt.; to Sanskrit °hāpayati, Pali °hāpeti), abandonment, quitting: saṃgha-°ṇāya Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 40.2.
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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