Parinam, Pari-nam: 4 definitions

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1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
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Introduction:

Parinam means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Parinam (परिनम्).—([intransitive]) bend aside, stoop; change, develop, ripen, fade, be accomplished. [Causative] ripen, bring to an end, pass (time).

Parinam is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pari and nam (नम्).

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

Pariṇam (परिणम्):—[=pari-ṇam] (√nam) [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -ṇamati, te ([Aorist] pary-aṇaṃsīt [indeclinable participle] pari-ṇamya), to bend or turn aside, [Atharva-veda];

—to bend down, stoop, [Kāvya literature];

—to change or be transformed into ([instrumental case]), [Vedāntasāra; Madhusūdana];

—to develop, become ripe or mature, [Bālarāmāyaṇa];

—to become old, [Kirātārjunīya];

—to be digested, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra];

—to be fulfilled (as a word), [Pañcatantra] :—[Causal] -ṇāmayati ([indeclinable participle] -ṇāmya; [Passive voice] -ṇāmyate, p. ṇāmyamāna, or myat),

—to make ripe, ripen, mature, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad];

—to bring to an end, pass (as a night), [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to bend aside or down, stoop, [Mahābhārata]

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

Pariṇam (परिणम्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pariṇama.

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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

Parinam in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) result, outcome; consequence; conclusion; effect; magnitude; ~[svarupa] as a result of, with the result; consequently; ~[darshi] foresighted, one who knows the ultimate result; ~[vada] the doctrine of evaluation, the doctrine which propounds that the effect is hidden in the cause and that, therefore, cause is nothing but non-manifest effect; hence ~[vadita] (nf); ~[vadi] an adherent of [parinamavada; —bhugatana/bhogana] to suffer/face the consequences of..—parinam (परिणाम) is alternatively transliterated as Pariṇāma.

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