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Abhisapa, Abhisāpa, Abhishapa, īś貹: 18 definitions

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Abhisapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term īś貹 can be transliterated into English as Abhisapa or Abhishapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

: Shodhganga: Literary estimate of mudraraksasa

ś貹 (अभिशाप) refers to “curse� which should be avoided on a stage (where a dramatic play is performed).—A Nāṭaka should contain 貹ñԻ󾱲 which indicate five successive stages of the drama. This criterion also is present in the Mudrārākṣasa. [...] In the Sāhityadarpaṇa, Viśvanātha gives a list of certain actions which should not be presented on the stage. These are [e.g., curse (ś貹)] [...].

Natyashastra book cover
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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhisapa in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

abhisāpa : (m.) a curse.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Abhisāpa, (abhisapati) a curse, anathema S.III, 93 = It.89 (which latter reads abhilāpa and It A expls. by akkosa: see vv. ll. under abhilāpa & cp. Brethren 376 n. 1.); Th.1, 1118. (Page 72)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) abhisapa (အဘိသ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[abhi+sapa+a]
အĘ�+သ�+အ]

2) abhisāpa (အဘိသာ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
ڲ+貹+ṇa
အĘ�+သ�+®

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

1) abhisapa�

(Burmese text): ကျိန်ခြင်း၊ ကျိန်ဆိုခြင်း၊ ကျိန်ဆဲခြင်း၊ ဆဲရေ�-ရေရွတ�-ခြင်း။

(Auto-Translation): Cursing, uttering curses, being cursed, and invoking curses.

2) abhisāpa�

(Burmese text): ဆဲရေ�-ရေရွတ�-ကြောင်�-ဖြစ်သေ� အပြုအမ� (ဆွမ်းခံခြင်း၊ ဆွမ်းခံခြင်းဖြင့� အသက်မွေးခြင်�)�

(Auto-Translation): Behavior that is opportunistic (survival by scavenging, living by scavenging).

Pali book cover
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhisapa in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ś貹 (अभिशाप).—m (S) pop. ś貹 m Unjust imputation or censure; false accusation. 2 Curse, imprecation, malediction. Ex. a0 hōīla mājhē māthā || aisē� sarvathā na karāvē� ||

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ś貹 (अभिशाप) [-śrāpa, -श्राप].�m False accusation. Curse, malediction.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhisapa in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ś貹 (अभिशाप).�

1) A curse, imprecation.

2) A serious charge, accusation; नृपार्थेष्वभिशाप� � वहेयुः शुचय� सद� (nṛpārtheṣvabhiśāpe ca vaheyu� śucaya� sadā) Y.2.99; अभिशाप� पातकभियोगः (ś貹� pātakabhiyoga�) Ѿ.

3) Slander, calumny, false charge; असतो दोषस्य अध्याहारोऽभिशापः (asato doṣasya adhyāhāro'bhiśāpa�); अभिशापभयाद्भीतो भवन्तं नोपसर्पत� (ś貹bhayādbhīto bhavanta� nopasarpati) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.55.11.

4) An injury, hurt.

Derivable forms: ś貹� (अभिशाप�).

See also (synonyms): ś貹Բ.

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īś貹 (अभीशा�).—A curse; see अभिशाप (ś貹).

Derivable forms: īś貹� (अभॶशापः).

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

ś貹 (अभिशाप).—m.

(-貹�) 1. False accusation, calumny. 2. Charge accusation. 3. Suffering from anger or passion. 4. Curse, imprecation. E. abhi, and ś貹 to curse or swear, affix ñ; or with affix ś貹Բ.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ś貹 (अभिशाप).—i. e. -ś + a, m. 1. A curse, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 8, 12. 2. A heavy charge. 3. Calumny.

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īś貹 (अभीशा�).�īś貹, ś貹, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 110.

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

1) ś貹 (अभिशाप):—[=-ś貹] [from ] m. curse, [Nirukta, by Yāska] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] charge, accusation, [Yājñavalkya ii, 12 and 99] (cf. ī-ś貹 and ٳś貹)

3) [v.s. ...] false accusation, calumny, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) īś貹 (अभीशा�):—[=ī-ś貹] [from ] a m. charge, accusation, [Yājñavalkya ii, 110.]

5) [=ī-ś貹] b See -√śa.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ś貹 (अभिशाप):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-貹�) 1) Charge, accusation; more esp. a heavy charge, and one from which the accused is able to exonerate himself; hence a false imputation, a calumny; e. g. Yājnav.: nṛpārtheṣvabhiśāpe ca vaheyu� śucaya� sadā (Mit.: nṛpadroheṣu mahāpātakābhiyoge ca); or sāhasasteyapāruṣyagobhiśāpātyaye striyām . vivādayetsadya eva kālonyatrecchayā smṛta� (Mit.: ś貹� pātakābhiyoga�); or Kātyāy.: abhiśāpe samuttīrṇe prāyaścitte kṛte budhai� . viśuddhipatraka� deyam &c.; or the same uttameṣu samasteṣu abhiśāpe samāgate . vṛttānuvādalekhya� yattajjñeya� saṃdhipatrakam; or Vyāsa: bhāgābhiśāpasaṃdigdhe ya� samyagvijayī bhavet . tasmai rājñā pradātavya� jayapatra� suniścitam.

2) A curse, an imprecation (esp. uttered by a Brāhmaṇa, a Guru, an old man and a magician; Vijayarakshita as quoted by 첹ṇt.: = brāhmaṇaguruvṛddhasiddhānāmaniṣṭābhiśaṃsanam; Chakrapāṇidatta in his comm. Գܳī on Suśruta: abhiśāpo guruvṛddhasiddhācāryādibhirś貹Բm); e. g. Nalop.: yasyābhiśāpādduḥkhārto duḥkha� vindati naiṣadha� . tasya bhūtasya no duḥkhādduḥkhamapyadhika� bhavet. According to the medical superstition, a kind of fever is produced by the imprecation of a Brāhmaṇa &c. the symptoms of which are delirium and thirst and otherwise like those of the fever produced by incantation (comp. 󾱳ᱹ); e. g. Suśruta: abhicārābhiśāpābhyāṃ…jvaro pravartate; and abhicārābhiśāpābhyā� mohastṛṣṇābhijāyate.—Also īś貹. E. ś with abhi, kṛt aff. ñ.

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īś貹 (अभीशा�):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-貹�) The same as ś貹; e. g. Yājnav.: trāyasvāsmādabhīśāpātsatyena bhava memṛtam. E. see ś貹, with the vowel of the second syllable protracted.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ś貹 (अभिशाप):—[-ś貹] (貹�) 1. m. A false accusation; charge; curse.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhisapa in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

ś貹 (अभिशाप) [Also spelled abhishap]:�(nm) a curse.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhisapa in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ś貹 (ಅಭಿಶಾಪ):�

1) [noun] a serious curse.

2) [noun] a false accusation.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhisapa in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

ś貹 (अभिशाप):—n. 1. curse; 2. serious charge; anathema; 3. slander; calumny; false charge;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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