Prayatya, Prāyatya: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrāyatya (प्रायत्य).—Purity, cleanliness, piety, pious disposition or preparation (of any rite); अप्रायत्यादात्मनस्ते दोषान् मौहूर्तिकादुत (aprāyatyādātmanaste doṣān mauhūrtikāduta) Bhāgavata 3.14.37.
Derivable forms: prāyatyam (प्रायत्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāyatya (प्रायत्य).—[neuter] purity ([ritual or religion]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prāyatya (प्रायत्य):—[=prā-yatya] [from prā] a n. ([from] -yata) purity, pious disposition or preparation for any rite, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra; Śaṃkarācārya; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] (a-prāy).
2) b etc. See under 3. prā, p. 702, col. 2.
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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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