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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.]

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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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