Purahkarana, Puraḥkaraṇa, Puras-karana: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puraḥkaraṇa (पुरःकरण).—see under पुरस्कृ (puraskṛ) below.

Derivable forms: puraḥkaraṇam (पुरःकरणम्).

Puraḥkaraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puras and karaṇa (करण). See also (synonyms): puraḥkāra.

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

1) Puraḥkaraṇa (पुरःकरण):—[=puras-karaṇa] [from puras > pur] n. the act of placing in front etc.

2) [v.s. ...] making perfect (?), [Horace H. Wilson]

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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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