Viprakarsha, Viprakarṣa: 10 definitions

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Viprakarsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

Viprakarsha has 10 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Viprakarṣa can be transliterated into English as Viprakarsa or Viprakarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Viprakarṣa (विप्रकर्ष):—(von 1. karṣ mit vipra) m. gaṇa chedādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 64.]

1) das Wegschleppen, Fortführung: draupadyāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 55.] —

2) räumliche Entfernung [Vikramorvaśī 66, 10.] [DAŚAR. 4, 47.] —

3) zeitliche Entfernung: kāla Zeitintervall [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 2, 39.] cirakālaviprakarṣāt weil eine lange Zeit dazwischenliegt [Prabodhacandrodaja 24, 15.] —

4) Abstand, Contrast, Unterschied: adūra [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 55, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 3.] anyeṣāṃ karma saphalamasmākamapi vā punaḥ . viprakarṣeṇa (= karmakaraṇānte [Nīlakaṇṭha]) budhyeta kṛtakarmā yathāphalam .. [Mahābhārata 3, 1247.] svaguṇaireva mārgeta viprakarṣaṃ pṛthagjanāt [Spr. (II) 924.] —

5) in der Gramm. Auseinanderreissung —, Trennung zweier Consonanten durch Einfügung eines Vocals [VARAR. 3, 58] bei [Griechischen und Indoskythischen Könige, Institt. linguae pracr. S. 87.] — Vgl. vaiprakarṣika .

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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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