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Results for प्राक्रमिक

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Apte Dictionary

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

प्राक्रमिकprākramikaa.One who only commences a work (but does not carry it to completion); उपक्रम्य अपरिसमापयत- स्तदनन्तरमेवैनं…

One who only commences a work (but does not carry it to completion); उपक्रम्य अपरिसमापयत- स्तदनन्तरमेवैनं शिष्टा विगर्हेयुः प्राक्रमिकोऽयं कापुरुष इति वदन्तः ŚB. on MS.4.3.24; यो हि आरब्धमेवंजातीयकं समापयति न तं शिष्टा विगर्हन्ते प्राक्रमिकोऽयमसंव्यवहार्य इति ŚB. on MS.6.2.15.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

प्राक्रमिकprākramika[prâkram-ika] a. taking many things in hand (without finishing any of them).

[prâkram-ika] adjective taking many things in hand (without finishing any of them).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्राक्रमिकprākramikamfn. (fr. -क्रम) one who undertakes much (without finishing anything) Gaut. Sch.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from -क्रम) one who undertakes much (without finishing anything) Gaut. Scholiast or Commentator

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