The Sanskrit term Prakṣeptavya can be transliterated into English as Prakseptavya or Praksheptavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Prakṣeptavyā (प्रक्षेप्तव्या) refers to “that which should be cast” (as part of an offering ritual), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [As the Bhagavān said]: “Now I shall teach the offering manual which is auspicious and can bring about any effect. [...] A bowl should be placed in the middle of the maṇḍalaka. It should be filled with the five products of the cow, thickened milk and water. Mustard seeds and parched grain should be cast (prakṣeptavyā). [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Prakṣeptavya (प्रक्षेप्तव्य):—[=pra-kṣeptavya] [from pra-kṣip] mfn. to be thrown into or upon ([locative case]), to be scattered upon, [Yājñavalkya; Harivaṃśa; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi; Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Praksheptavya 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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Partial matches: Ksheptavya, Pra.

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