apratīta

Dictionary meanings for apratīta from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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apratīta

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. 1 Not pleased or de- lighted.

2 Unapproached; unas- sailable.

3 Unopposed.

4 (In Rhet.) Not understood or clearly intelligible (as a word), one of the defects of a word (śabdadoṣa); apratī- taṃ yatkevale śāstre prasiddhaṃ K. P. 7, i. e. a word is said to be apratīta if it be used in a sense which it has in particular classes of works only (and not in general or popular use); e. g....

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. unapproached, unattackable RV.; AV. vii, 25, 1 58,1 10630 mfn. not understood, uncommon (as an expression) Sa1h. &c Page58,2 10631 mfn. not merry, sad R. 007741 58,2 10632 f. the state of not being understood 58,2 10633

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