Sevaparadha, Sevāparādha, Seva-aparadha: 3 definitions

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Sevaparadha 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.

In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

[«previous next»] — Sevaparadha in Vaishnavism glossary
Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd Edition

Sevāparādha (सेवापराध) refers to:—Offences in devotional service. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).

Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Edition

Sevāparādha (सेवापराध) refers to “offences committed while serving the deity” and represents one of the two types of Aparādha (“offences”), according to the Arcana-dīpikā (manual on deity worship).—Practitioners on the path of bhakti, especially those engaged in the worship of the deity, should become completely free from sevā-aparādha (offences committed while serving the deity) and nāma-aparādha (offences to the holy name). they should remain extremely careful at all times to not commit these offences.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sevaparadha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Sevāparādha (सेवापराध) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—and nāmāparādha vaiṣṇava. L.. 382, 2 ([fragmentary]).

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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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