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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brāhmaṇātikrama (ब्राह्मणातिक्रम).—offensive or disrespectful conduct towards Brāhmaṇas, insult to Brāhmaṇas; ब्राह्मणातिक्रमत्यागो भवता- मेव भूतये (brāhmaṇātikramatyāgo bhavatā- meva bhūtaye) Mv.2.1.

Derivable forms: brāhmaṇātikramaḥ (ब्राह्मणातिक्रमः).

Brāhmaṇātikrama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmaṇa and atikrama (अतिक्रम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brāhmaṇātikrama (ब्राह्मणातिक्रम).—m.

(-maḥ) Disregarding or disrespecting Brahmans. E. brāhmaṇa and atikrama going over or beyond.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brāhmaṇātikrama (ब्राह्मणातिक्रम):—[from brāhmaṇa > brahman] m. disrespect towards Brāhmans, [Manu-smṛti iii, 63.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brāhmaṇātikrama (ब्राह्मणातिक्रम):—[brāhmaṇā+tikrama] (maḥ) 1. m. Sin of disrespecting brāhmaṃs.

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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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Partial matches: Brahmana, Atikrama.

Full-text: Atikrama.

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