Saptaprakriti, Saptaprakṛti, Saptan-prakriti: 5 definitions
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Saptaprakriti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Saptaprakṛti can be transliterated into English as Saptaprakrti or Saptaprakriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysaptaprakṛti (सप्तप्रकृति) [or सप्तविधाप्रकृति, saptavidhāprakṛti].—f pl S The seven temperaments. See under prakṛti. 2 The seven elements or essential constituents of a State; viz. ruler, minister, city, territory, treasure, army, ally.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaptaprakṛti (सप्तप्रकृति).—f. pl. the seven constituent parts of a kingdom; स्वाम्यमात्यसुहृत्कोशराष्ट्र- दुर्गबलानि च (svāmyamātyasuhṛtkośarāṣṭra- durgabalāni ca) Ak.; see प्रकृति (prakṛti) also.
Derivable forms: saptaprakṛtiḥ (सप्तप्रकृतिः).
Saptaprakṛti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saptan and prakṛti (प्रकृति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptaprakṛti (सप्तप्रकृति).—Plu.
(-tayaḥ) The seven constituent parts of a kingdom, or prince, ministers, fortress, territory, treasure, force, and ally or friend. E. sapta, and prakṛti constituent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptaprakṛti (सप्तप्रकृति):—[=sapta-prakṛti] [from sapta > saptan] f. [plural] the 7 constituent parts of a kingdom (viz., the king, his ministers, ally, territory, fortress, army, and treasury See prak), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptaprakṛti (सप्तप्रकृति):—[sapta-prakṛti] (tayaḥ) 2. f. plu. Prince, minister, city, country, treasure, force, and ally of a state.
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: Prakriti, Sapta.
Full-text: Saptanga.
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