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Results for अकीर्ति

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अकीर्तिakīrtif.Infamy, ill-repute, disgrace; अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् । संभावितस्य…
[अप्रशस्ता कीर्तिः न. त.]

Infamy, ill-repute, disgrace; अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् । संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥ Bg.2.34.
In the Gita2·34

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।

akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te'vyayām, — Besides, men will recount thy perpetual disgrace, and to one in noble station, dishonour is worse than death. 2·34
- अकीर्तिम्akīrtimaccusative singular of the feminine compound noun akīrti (disgrace)
- अकीर्तिःakīrtiḥnominative singular of the feminine compound noun akīrti (dishonour)
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अकीर्तिakīrti[a-kîrti] f. disgrace; -kara, a. disgraceful, infamous, humiliating.

[a-kîrti] feminine; also equal for disgrace; -kara, adjective disgraceful, infamous, humiliating.

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अकीर्तितakīrtita[a-kîrtita] pp. unmentioned.

[a-kîrtita] perfect passive participle unmentioned.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अकीर्तिakīrtif. ill-fame, disgrace.

feminine ill-fame, disgrace.

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अकीर्तिकरakīrtikaramfn. causing disgrace, disparaging, insulting.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective causing disgrace, disparaging, insulting.

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