Apabhramsha, Apabhraṃśa: 16 definitions

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Apabhramsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Apabhramsha has 15 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Apabhraṃśa can be transliterated into English as Apabhramsa or Apabhramsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Apbhransh.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Apabhraṃśa (अपभ्रंश):—und apabhraṃsa (von bhraṃś oder bhraṃs mit apa) m.

1) Herabfall [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 425.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 310.] [Medinīkoṣa śeṣa (s. II.). 31.] anapabhraṃśa [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 17, 4.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien I, 34, Nalopākhyāna] atyārūḍhirbhavati mahatāmapyapabhraṃsaniṣṭhā v. l. zu [Śākuntala 78.] —

2) falsche, von der Grammatik abweichende Sprache [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 2.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 309.] [Medinīkoṣa] —

3) Name einer bes. Sprache [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Wird dem Prākṛt entgegengesetzt und in [4] Unterdialecte getheilt, [Scholiast] der [Mṛcchakaṭikā] bei [STENZLER, S. V.] Vgl. [Griechischen und Indoskythischen Könige, Institt. 10. fgg.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 1150.] [Weber’s Indische Studien II, 408.]

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Apabhraṃśa (अपभ्रंश):—

1) füge Sturz, Fall und [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 5, 1, 2] (= dehapāta [Scholiast][?). WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 387. Harivaṃśa 1014] hinzu. —

2) [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 205.] ekaikasya hi śabdasya bahavo pabhraṃśāḥ falsche Formen [Patañjali] in [MAHĀBH. 22.] —

3) [Kathāsaritsāgara 55,127.] [kāvyādarśa.1,32.] [Oxforder Handschriften 181,a, No. 412. 214,a, No. 509.] [WASSILJEW 226. 267.] Davon nom. abstr. tā f.: śāstreṣu saṃskṛtādanyadaprabhraṃśatayoditam [kāvyādarśa 1, 36.] [MUIR, Stenzler 2, 57.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Apabhraṃśa (अपभ्रंश):—m. —

1) Herabfall , Sturz. —

2) falsche sprachliche Form. —

3) ein best. gering geachteter Dialect. Dazu Nom.abstr. tā f.

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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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