Prayashcittakanda, Prāyaścittakāṇḍa: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prāyaścittakāṇḍa can be transliterated into English as Prayascittakanda or Prayashcittakanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Prayashchittakanda.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPrāyaścittakāṇḍa (प्रायश्चित्तकाण्ड) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—B. 3, 108.
—the second chapter of Vaidyanātha’s Smṛtimuktāphala.
Prāyaścittakāṇḍa (प्रायश्चित्तकाण्ड):—[=prāyaś-citta-kāṇḍa] [from prāyaś-citta > prāyaś > prāya] mn. Name of work
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: Prayashcitta, Kanda.
Full-text: Kaliyugadharma, Catuvimrshatimata, Vishvadarsha, Kalpataru, Smritimuktaphala, Parasharasmriti.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.142 < [Section XXV - Meaning of the Title ‘Ācārya’]
Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
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