Alternative spellings of this word include Parikray.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Parikraya.—(SII 1), an exchange. Note: parikraya is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parikraya (परिक्रय).—

1) Wages, hire.

2) Employing on wages.

3) Purchasing or buying of.

4) Barter, exchange.

5) A peace purchased with the payment of money; कोषान् रक्षार्धकोषेण सर्वकोषेण वा पुनः । शेषप्रकृतिरक्षार्थं परिक्रय उदाहृतः (koṣān rakṣārdhakoṣeṇa sarvakoṣeṇa vā punaḥ | śeṣaprakṛtirakṣārthaṃ parikraya udāhṛtaḥ) Kām.; cf. H.4.122.

Derivable forms: parikrayaḥ (परिक्रयः).

See also (synonyms): parikrayaṇa.

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

Parikraya (परिक्रय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. Redemption, purchasing or purchasing back. 2. Giving up part of a treasure to preserve the rest. E. pari, krī to buy, ac aff.

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

Parikraya (परिक्रय).—i. e. pari-krī + a, m. Peace purchased with money, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 120.

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

Parikraya (परिक्रय).—[masculine] purchase, hire, wages.

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

1) Parikraya (परिक्रय):—[=pari-kraya] [from pari-krī] m. giving up at the cost of (cf. prāṇaparikr)

2) [v.s. ...] hire, wages, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] redemption, buying off, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] a peace purchased with money, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Hitopadeśa]

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

Parikraya (परिक्रय):—[pari-kraya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Redemption.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parikraya 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Parikraya (परिक्रय) [Also spelled parikray]:—(nm) a ransom; barter, exchange.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kraya, Pari.

Starts with: Parikrayana.

Ends with: Pranaparikraya.

Full-text: Pranaparikraya, Parikrayana, Parikray, Parikkirayam, Utsarga.

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Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)

Hīnasandhi (a) < [Chapter 3 - Six fold policies of a king (Ṣāḍguṇya)]

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Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)

Chapter 3 - The Character of Equal, Inferior and Superior Kings < [Book 7 - The End of the Six-fold Policy]

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