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aparigraha

aparigraha noun: the Jainist principle of greedlessness, or not having unnecessary possessions.

Noun

aparigraha (uncountable)

  1. (Jainism) The Jainist principle of greedlessness, or not having unnecessary possessions.

aparigraha meaning in Sanskrit

aparigraha in Sanskrit

aparigraha
अपरिग्रह aparigraha

Origin of aparigraha

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपरिग्रह (aparigraha).

Questions about aparigraha

What does aparigraha mean?
Aparigraha means the Jainist principle of greedlessness, or not having unnecessary possessions.
What is aparigraha in Sanskrit?
Aparigraha in Sanskrit is अपरिग्रह (aparigraha). See Aparigraha meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is aparigraha?
Aparigraha is a noun.

Words near aparigraha in the dictionary

  1. apareunia
  2. apareunias
  3. apareunic
  4. Aparicio
  5. Aparicios
  6. aparigraha
  7. aparithmesis
  8. Aparna
  9. Aparo
  10. Aparri
  11. apars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aparigraha (page history and authors); अपरिग्रह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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