पापpāpa

पाप (pāpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning bad, wicked, evil, or vile, boding evil, inauspicious, a wicked person, wretch, or villain, name of the profligate in a drama, of a hell, a beast of prey. Its 50 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Comprehensive or General Meanings, Compounds: Person or Mind as Wicked/Sinful, Compounds: Removal or Destruction of Sin.

Etymology
E. पा to preserve (from it,) and प Unādi aff
Definitions
50
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Meanings by context

Comprehensive or General Meanings

11 definitions
1. Evil, bad, wicked, or sinful. 2. A wicked person or sinner. 3. Evil, misfortune, harm, or sin.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Mischievous or wicked. 2. A wicked person. 3. Sin or crime.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sin. 2. Vile or mischievous.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sinful, vicious, or mischievous. 2. Vile or low. 3. Inauspicious.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Misfortune or evil. 2. Sin, vice, or guilt.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Mischievous, destructive, or malignant. 2. Vile, low, or vicious. 3. Inauspicious. 4. A wicked man or wretch. 5. Sin, crime, or vice. 6. Bad fortune or misfortune.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wicked, sinful, or inauspicious. 2. Wickedness, evil, crime, or sin.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Bad, wicked, evil, or inauspicious. 2. A bad fellow, wretch, or profligate. 3. Evil, sin, harm, or trouble.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Bad, wicked, evil, or inauspicious. 2. A bad fellow, wretch, or profligate. 3. Evil, sin, harm, or trouble.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Bad or evil. 2. A bad fellow. 3. Trouble, harm, or evil deed.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Bad, wicked, vicious, sinful, evil, mischievous, destructive, vile, low, abandoned, or inauspicious. 2. A wicked man, wretch, or profligate. 3. Bad fortune, unhappiness, evil, sin, vice, crime, wickedness, transgression, or guilt.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Compounds: Person or Mind as Wicked/Sinful

9 definitions
wicked, villainous, or committing murderous deeds

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

kara

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

sinful, a sinner, villain

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A sinner. 2. A demon.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

intelligence

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

evil-minded, wicked, depraved

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

sinful

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

evil-minded, wicked

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a wicked thought

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compounds: Removal or Destruction of Sin

5 definitions
destroying sin

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the sesamum plant

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

destroying or expiating sin

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

expiation, atonement

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adjective: Evil, Wicked, Vile, Destructive

4 definitions
bad, wicked, evil, or vile

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Evil, sinful, wicked

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mischievous, destructive, accursed

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Low, vile, abandoned

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adverb: Badly, Sinfully, Wrongly

4 definitions
badly, miserably, wrongly

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

wickedly or sinfully

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

so badly, so vilely

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

badly, sinfully, wrongly

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proper Nouns, Specific Roles, or Figurative/Technical Meanings

4 definitions
Name of the profligate in a drama

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a hell

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A beast of prey. 2. A witch.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Brahmadhana

The Purana Index

Noun: A Wicked or Sinful Person

3 definitions
a wicked person, wretch, or villain

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A wicked, sinful, or profligate person

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A wretch or profligate

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adjective: Inauspicious, Malignant (Ominous)

2 definitions
boding evil, inauspicious

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Inauspicious, malignant, or foreboding evil

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compounds: Negative Associations, Consequences, or Places of Sin

2 definitions
low-born

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

vile birth or birth in an inferior condition

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Noun: Evil, Misfortune, Harm, Bad State

2 definitions
evil, misfortune, or harm

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Evil or bad fortune. 2. An expression used in dramas to avert evil or mean God forbid.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Noun: Sin, Crime, Vice, Guilt

2 definitions
sin, vice, crime, guilt

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sin, crime, vice, or guilt

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compounds: Miscellaneous or Abstract Concepts

1 definition
1. Inverted. 2. Confused.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compounds: Specific Negative/Inauspicious Things or Omens

1 definition
an unlucky day

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.