Prayashcittaprakarana, Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa, Prayashcitta-prakarana: 2 definitions

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Prayashcittaprakarana 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 Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa can be transliterated into English as Prayascittaprakarana or Prayashcittaprakarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Prayashchittaprakarana.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa (प्रायश्चित्तप्रकरण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Bik. 437.
—according to the Agnipurāṇa. Burnell. 142^a.
—Āpast. by Tryambaka Molha. Np. Vi, 18. See Agnihotraprāyaścitta.
—by Bhaṭṭoji. Ben. 137.
—or Prāyaścittanirūpaṇa by Bhavadeva. Io. 561. L. 3138. K. 188. NW. 148.
—by Rāmakṛṣṇa. Np. I, 86.

2) Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa (प्रायश्चित्तप्रकरण):—Stein 96. 310.

3) Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa (प्रायश्चित्तप्रकरण):—Ak 387.
—by Bhavadeva, surnamed Bālavalabhīyabhujaṅga. Cs 2, 183. 184. Hpr. 1, 240. The Ms. 3138 in Lālmitra’s Notices was copied in 1485.

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

Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa (प्रायश्चित्तप्रकरण):—[=prāyaś-citta-prakaraṇa] [from prāyaś-citta > prāyaś > prāya] n. Name of work

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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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