Purvapakshin, Pūrvapakṣin, Purva-pakshin: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pūrvapakṣin can be transliterated into English as Purvapaksin or Purvapakshin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPūrvapakṣin (पूर्वपक्षिन्):—(von pūrvapakṣa) adj. der eine Behauptung aufstellt [KUMĀRILA] bei [MÜLLER, SL. 96.]
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Pūrvapakṣin (पूर्वपक्षिन्):—der eine Einwendung gegen eine auf gestellte Behauptung macht.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPūrvapakṣin (पूर्वपक्षिन्):—Adj. die erste Einwendung gegen eine aufgestellte Behauptung machend Comm. zu [Jaiminiyanyāyamālāvistara 9,3,10.Govindānanda .zu] [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtra 2,4,5.]
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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