Prakalpana, Prakalpanā: 10 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना).—Settlement, fixing, allotment; अनेन विधियोगेन कर्तव्यांशप्रकल्पना (anena vidhiyogena kartavyāṃśaprakalpanā) Manusmṛti 8.211.
Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना).—f.
(-nā) Settlement, allotment.
Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना).—i. e. pra-klip, [Causal.], + ana, f. Allotting, allotment, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 211.
Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना).—[feminine] fixing, settlement.
1) Prakalpana (प्रकल्पन):—[=pra-kalpana] [from pra-kḷp] n. placing in, raising to ([compound]), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
2) Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना):—[=pra-kalpanā] [from pra-kalpana > pra-kḷp] f. fixing, settlement, allotment, [Manu-smṛti viii, 211]
3) Prakalpana (प्रकल्पन):—[=pra-kalpana] [from pra-kḷp] n. or f. supplying or mixing with (saha), [Caraka]
[Sanskrit to German]
Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pakappaṇā, Payappaṇa.
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
Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना):—(nf) presumption taking for granted; ~[lpita] presumptive, presumed.
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Nepali dictionary
Prakalpanā (प्रकल्पना):—n. secondary imagination;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Pra, Kalpana.
Full-text: Amshaprakalpana, Dravyaprakalpana, Pakappana, Payappana, Kalarupaprakalpana, Nirukti, Kalarupa.
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Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2699-2704 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations (by Radhakrishnan. P)
1. Assumptions of Vedakala < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.180 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 3.1.62 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (1): Jāti-samuddeśa (On the Universal)]
Verse 2.167 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Part 5 - Three Upayas (means to enter universal God consciousness) < [Philosophy of Kashmir Tantric System]
Yasastilaka and Indian culture (Study) (by Krishna Kanta Jandiqui)
3. Discussion of Samkhya doctrines < [Chapter 8 - Philosophical doctrines]