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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Parīpsā (परीप्सा) refers to “saving (someone’s life)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.9 (“Boasting of Tāraka”).—Accordingly, as Tāraka-Asura said to the Gods: “[...] Doing such sinful acts frequently Viṣṇu and Śiva are already deficient in splendour and their prowess is spent out. [...] These two impudent fellows are presumptuous enough to place (kṛtavat) a child in front of me. Why? I will kill the child too. They too will have it. But let the child leave from here and save his life (prāṇaparīpsā)”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parīpsā (परीप्सा).—

1) Desire of obtaining.

2) Desire of preserving; आत्मकृतसेतुपरीप्सया यः (ātmakṛtasetuparīpsayā yaḥ) (reme) Bhāgavata 3.9.19.

3) Haste, hurry.

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

Parīpsā (परीप्सा).—f.

(-psā) 1. Desire of obtaining. 2. Haste, hurry. E. pari + āpsan-bhāve a .

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

Parīpsā (परीप्सा).—i. e. pari-īpsa, desider. of āp, + a, f. Wish to obtain, to maintain, to preserve, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 4, 49.

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

Parīpsā (परीप्सा).—[feminine] desire of obtaining or saving, [adjective] psu.

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

1) Parīpsā (परीप्सा):—[from pary-āp] f. ([from] [Desiderative]) desire of obtaining or preserving, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] haste, hurry, [Pāṇini 3-4, 52.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Paripsa 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.

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Ends with: Pranaparipsa.

Full-text: Pranaparipsa, Paripsu, Ap.

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