Prayashcittaprakarana, Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa, Prayashcitta-prakarana: 3 definitions
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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.
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Shodhganga: Devalasmrti reconstruction and critical studyPrāyaścittaprakaraṇa (प्रायश्चित्तप्रकरण) refers to one of the chapters of the (reconstructed) Devalasmṛti, a lost text dealing with Dharmaśāstra authored by Devala—one of the most famous personalities in the ancient Sanskrit literature renowned as a Vedic Seer and a highly celebrated sage.—The original and complete text of Devalasmṛti, is no longer existing. About 2500 prose and verse quotations, of the reconstructed text were thus collected, from numerous printed and manuscript works on Dharmaśāstra. After minute and repeated study of topics, treated in the collected quotations, they were classified even into the following twenty-two different prakaraṇas (divisions) [e.g., the prāyaścittaprakaraṇa], of the three main adhyāyas (chapters).
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 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.
Prāyaścittaprakaraṇa (प्रायश्चित्तप्रकरण):—[=prāyaś-citta-prakaraṇa] [from prāyaś-citta > prāyaś > prāya] n. 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, Prakarana.
Ends with: Purnacandra prayashcittaprakarana, Purnacandraprayashcittaprakarana.
Full-text: Purnacandra prayashcittaprakarana, Purnacandraprayashcittaprakarana, Bhavadeva, Prayashcittanirupana, Ripunjaya, Prayogatattva, Prayashcittasara, Danadharmaprakriya, Haritasmriti, Smritisara, Ramakrishna.
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