Prayashcittika, Prāyaścittika: 5 definitions

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Prayashcittika 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 Prāyaścittika can be transliterated into English as Prayascittika or Prayashcittika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Prayashchittika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāyaścittika (प्रायश्चित्तिक).—a.

1) Expiating, expiatory.

2) Expiable.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Prāyaścittika (प्रायश्चित्तिक).—see s.v. pātayantika.

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

1) Prāyaścittika (प्रायश्चित्तिक):—[=prāyaś-cittika] [from prāyaś > prāya] mf(ī)n. expiatory, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] expiable, [Buddhist literature]

3) [v.s. ...] requiring an expiation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Prayashcittika 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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