Papavinigraha, Pāpavinigraha, Papa-vinigraha: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPāpavinigraha (पापविनिग्रह).—restraining wickedness.
Derivable forms: pāpavinigrahaḥ (पापविनिग्रहः).
Pāpavinigraha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāpa and vinigraha (विनिग्रह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāpavinigraha (पापविनिग्रह).—m.
(-haḥ) Restraining or punishing wickedness. E. pāpa, and vinigraha restraint.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāpavinigraha (पापविनिग्रह):—[=pāpa-vinigraha] [from pāpa] m. restraining wickedness, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāpavinigraha (पापविनिग्रह):—[pāpa-vinigraha] (haḥ) 1. m. Restraining sin.
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: Papa, Vinigraha.
Full-text: Vinigraha.
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