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11 results for prasakti

prasakti

f. adherence, attachment, devotion or addiction to, indulgence or perseverance in, occupation with (locative case or compound)

(see a-pras-and ati-pras-)

f. occurrence, practicability (timpra- yā-,"to be practicable")

f. (in gram.) bearing upon, applicability (of a rule)

f. connection, association

f. inference, conclusion

f. a topic of conversation

f. acquisition

f. close connection with.

f. non-addiction, non-attachment to (locative case)

f. excessive attachment

f. unwarrantable stretch of a rule.

Apte Search

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prasaktiḥ	प्रसक्तिः f. 1 Attachment, devotion, addiction, devotedness, adherence. -2 Connection, union, association; अङ्कप्रसक्तिरकलङ्कहृदां क्व तेषाम् Viś. Gunā.53. -3 Applicability, bearing, application; as in अतिप्रसक्ति (which is = अतिव्याप्ति q. v.). -4 Energy, perseverance; संतापे दिशतु शिवः शिवां प्रसक्तिम् Ki.5.5. -5 Conclusion, deduction. -6 A topic or subject of discourse. -7 Occurrence of a possibility. -8 Acquisition, gain.

anuprasaktiḥ	अनुप्रसक्तिः f. 1 Very close attachment. -2 Very close logical connection (of words).

aprasaktiḥ	अप्रसक्तिः f. Non-attachment, moderation. विषयेष्व- प्रसक्तिश्च क्षत्रियस्य समासतः Ms.1.89.

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prasakti	noun (feminine) attachment Frequency rank 18208/72933

atiprasakti	noun (feminine) excessive attachment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 42134/72933

aprasakti	noun (feminine) non-addiction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) non-attachment to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 43975/72933