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Results for अपकर्ष

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अपकर्षapakarṣa1 (a) Drawing off or down; diminution, decrease, reduction; मदोऽपकर्षात् Dk.16; loss, decay, decline…
    1. 1 (a) Drawing off or down; diminution, decrease, reduction; मदोऽपकर्षात् Dk.16; loss, decay, decline, destruction; तेजोऽपकर्षः Ve.1; deterioration, inferiority; उत्कर्षापकर्षविहीनो मध्यः Sk. (b) Dishonour, degradation, lowering (of esteem), infamy, disgrace (Opposite of उत्कर्ष in all senses); तपोबीजप्रभावैस्तु ते गच्छन्ति युगे युगे । उत्कर्षं चापकर्षं च मनुष्येष्विह जन्मतः ॥ Ms.1.42; मूल्यो- त्कर्षdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied rise and fall in price, increase and decrease.
    2. Anticipated performance of a duty, as of a Śrāddha, anticipation (of some detail or details at a विकृतियाग), id est, that is performing them at an earlier stage. (see उत्कर्ष).
    3. Anticipation of a word occurring later on (in Grammar, poetry or Mīmāṁsā etc.).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -समः a sort of fallacy; Exempli gratia, for example sound has not the quality of shape, as a jar, so sound and a jar have no qualities in common.

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  2. अपकर्षकapakarṣakaa.Drawing or taking off or down, removing.
    1. Drawing or taking off or down, removing.
    2. Lessening, diminishing, detracting from; दोषास्तस्य (काव्यस्य) अपकर्षकाः S. D.1.
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  3. अपकर्षणapakarṣaṇaa.Taking or drawing away, removing, diminishing (opp. वर्धक); न चास्ति सदृशं तेन किंचित्स्थौल्याप- कर्षणम् Suśr.

    Taking or drawing away, removing, diminishing (Opposite of वर्धक); न चास्ति सदृशं तेन किंचित्स्थौल्याप- कर्षणम् Suśr.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णम्

      1. Removing, taking away; drawing away or down, depriving (one) of, drawing out, extracting.
      2. Lessening, making inferior, detraction.
      3. Superseding.
      4. Denying; abolishing.
    Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अपकर्षapakarṣam. drawing or dragging off or down, detraction, diminution, decay
    1. masculine gender drawing or dragging off or down, detraction, diminution, decay
    2. masculine gender lowering, depression
    3. masculine gender decline, inferiority, infamy
    4. masculine gender anticipation Nya1yam.
    5. masculine gender (in poetry) anticipation of a word occurring later.
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  2. अपकर्षकapakarṣakamf(इका)n. drawing down, detracting (with gen.) Sa1h.

    mf(इका)neuter gender drawing down, detracting (with genitive case) Sa1h.

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  3. अपकर्षणapakarṣaṇamfn. taking away, forcing away, removing, diminishing
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective taking away, forcing away, removing, diminishing
    2. neuter gender taking away, depriving of
    3. neuter gender drawing down
    4. neuter gender abolishing, denying
    5. neuter gender anticipation Nya1yam.
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  4. अपकर्षसमapakarṣasamamf(आ) a sophism in the Nya1ya न्याय (e.g. "sound has not the quality of shape as a jar has, therefore sound…

    mf(आ) a sophism in the Nya1ya न्याय (exempli gratia, 'for example' "sound has not the quality of shape as a jar has, therefore sound and a jar have no qualities in common") .

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  5. अपकर्षिन्apakarṣinmfn. drawing along (as a plough), Pan5cat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective drawing along (as a plough), Pan5cat.

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