Apravartaka: 3 definitions
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Apravartaka 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApravartaka (अप्रवर्तक).—a.
1) Not exciting or stimulating to action, inert, abstaining from action; पूर्णमप्रवर्तीति वा अहमेतमुपास इति (pūrṇamapravartīti vā ahametamupāsa iti) Bṛ. Up.2.1.5.
2) Continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted.
See also (synonyms): apravartin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apravartaka (अप्रवर्तक):—[=a-pravartaka] mf(ikā)n. abstaining from action, inert
2) [v.s. ...] not exciting to action.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApravartaka (अप्रवर्तक):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-rtakaḥ-rtikā-rtakam) 1) Abstaining from action, inert.
2) Not exciting to action. E. a neg. and pravartaka.
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: Pravartaka, A.
Ends with: Aditirthapravartaka, Dharmacakrapravartaka, Dharmachakrapravartaka, Gotrapravartaka, Mantrapravartaka, Tirthapravartaka, Yugapravartaka.
Full-text: Apravartin, Apravritta, Apravartana, Apravritti.
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