Prakshipya, Pra-kshipya, Prakṣipya: 3 definitions
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Prakshipya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Prakṣipya can be transliterated into English as Praksipya or Prakshipya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Prakṣipya (प्रक्षिप्य) refers to “spilling away (the clarified butter)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.44 (“Menā regains consciousness”).—Accordingly, as Menā said to her daughter (Pārvatī): “[...] Throwing away cooked rice you have eaten the husk. Spilling away the clarified butter (prakṣipya-ājya) you have eagerly swallowed castor oil. Setting the lion aside a jackal has been served by you. Without listening to the lore of Supreme Brahman you have heard base ballads. O daughter, casting off the holy sacrificial ashes at home you have taken the inauspicious ashes from the funeral pyre. [...]”.
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.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Prakṣipya (प्रक्षिप्य) refers to the “casting (of a hawk)” (during its training), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “[...] When the hawk is seen to be manned it should be lured in a creance to a piece of meat from increasing distances. The distance is to be increased gradually, and the hawk should be lured twice or thrice. If on being lured, it does not hesitate, nor fly in a curve, and does not ‘carry’ its meat, then it should be lured without the creance. The next step is to cast it (prakṣipya) into a tree and then lure it. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Prakṣipya (प्रक्षिप्य):—[=pra-kṣipya] [from pra-kṣip] ind. having thrown at, h° hurled, [Pañcatantra]
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: Pra.
Starts with: Prakshipyajya, Prakshipyate.
Full-text: Prakshipyajya, Culuculayati, Dosyuddha, Khutkhuta, Geng zeng, Tapahara, Nishpeshana, Nishpesha, Nishthura, Shrota, Khalina.
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Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 139 < [Volume 13 (1898)]
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
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