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poverty meaning in Sanskrit

दारिद्र्य dāridrya

UK/ˈpɒvəti//ˈpɑːvɚti/

poverty in Sanskrit: दारिद्र्य (dāridrya), कार्पण्य (kārpaṇya), दुर्गति (durgati). In English, poverty means the quality or state of being poor; lack of money.

Sanskrit words for poverty

poverty, indigence
दारिद्र्य dāridrya
poverty
कार्पण्य kārpaṇya, दुर्गति durgati

English meaning of poverty

  1. noun The quality or state of being poor; lack of money.
  2. noun A deficiency of something needed or desired.

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  • poverty of the blood

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Questions about poverty in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of poverty in Sanskrit?
Poverty in Sanskrit is दारिद्र्य (dāridrya), कार्पण्य (kārpaṇya), दुर्गति (durgati).
poverty इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Poverty: दारिद्र्य (dāridrya), कार्पण्य (kārpaṇya), दुर्गति (durgati).
What does poverty mean in English?
Poverty means the quality or state of being poor; lack of money.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “poverty”: कार्पण्य, दारिद्र्य, दुर्गति. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: poverty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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