Visheshapataniya, Viśeṣapatanīya, Vishesha-pataniya: 2 definitions
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Visheshapataniya 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 Viśeṣapatanīya can be transliterated into English as Visesapataniya or Visheshapataniya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViśeṣapatanīya (विशेषपतनीय).—A particular crime; नीचाभिगमनं गर्भपातनं भर्तृहिंसनम् । विशेषपतनीयानि स्त्रीणामेतान्यपि ध्रुवम् (nīcābhigamanaṃ garbhapātanaṃ bhartṛhiṃsanam | viśeṣapatanīyāni strīṇāmetānyapi dhruvam) || Y.3.297.
Derivable forms: viśeṣapatanīyam (विशेषपतनीयम्).
Viśeṣapatanīya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśeṣa and patanīya (पतनीय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśeṣapatanīya (विशेषपतनीय):—[=vi-śeṣa-patanīya] [from vi-śeṣa > vi-śiṣ] n. a [particular] crime or sin, [Yājñavalkya iii, 298]
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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