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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अपकर्ष

2 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · अपकर्ष

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