Prayuktasamskara, Prayuktasaṃskāra, Prayukta-samskara: 4 definitions
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Prayuktasamskara 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Prayuktasaṃskāra (प्रयुक्तसंस्कार) refers to the “polishing (of precious stones)”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 3.18.—Accordingly: “When the complete birth ritual was done by the ascetic chaplain who had come from the grove of ascetics, Dilīpa’s son shone yet more, like a precious stone taken from a mine and then polished (prayuktasaṃskāra)”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrayuktasaṃskāra (प्रयुक्तसंस्कार).—a. polished (as a gem).
Prayuktasaṃskāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prayukta and saṃskāra (संस्कार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrayuktasaṃskāra (प्रयुक्तसंस्कार).—Adj. Refined, polished.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrayuktasaṃskāra (प्रयुक्तसंस्कार):—[=pra-yukta-saṃskāra] [from pra-yukta > pra-yuj] mfn. to which polish has been applied, polished (as a gem), [Raghuvaṃśa]
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: Samskara, Prayukta.
Ends with: Chittasamprayuktasamskara, Chittaviprayuktasamskara, Cittasamprayuktasamskara, Cittaviprayuktasamskara.
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