# पाप (pāpa)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/papa

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 — E. pā to preserve (from it,) and pa Unādi aff
- **SLP1:** `pApa`  **IAST:** pāpa  **Devanagari:** पाप
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81pa
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/papa/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पापा (pāpā)

## 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*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 160-2 ] पाप (pāpa) pāpá, a. ( ī́, V. ā́ ) evil, bad, wicked, criminal, sinful; inauspicious ( planets, omens ); m. wicked man, villain, sinner; n. evil, trouble, misfortune, harm; wickedness, offence, crime, villainy, guilt, sin: śāntaṃ pāpam, may heaven forefend that; brahma-hatyākṛtam —, crime consisting in slaying a Brāhman; pāpa-tara, cpv. worse; very bad; pā́pīyas, worse off, more wretched, poorer; very badly off; very bad; worse; inferior; m. bad man; pāpiṣṭha, spv. least; worst; very bad; pāpiṣṭhatama, worse than ( ab. ). [ ID=11485 ]
- 1. Mischievous or wicked. 2. A wicked person. 3. Sin or crime.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प (pa) ा (pā) प (pa) (pāpa) [Printed book page 527 ] प (pa) ा (pā) प (pa) (pāpa) mfn. ( - प (pa) ः (-paḥ)- प (pa) ा (pā)- प (pa) ं (-paṃ) (-paḥ-pā-paṃ) ) 1 Mischievous, destructive, malignant. 2 Vile, low, abandoned, vicious. m. ( - प (pa) ः (-paḥ) ) A wicked man, a wretch, a profligate. n. ( - प (pa) ं (-paṃ) ) Sin, crime, wickedness, vice. E. प (pa) ा (pā) to preserve (from it), and प (pa) Uṇādi aff. [ ID=24394 ]
- 1. Sin. 2. Vile or mischievous.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 471-b ] पाप (pāpa) ( पं ) ((paṃ)) 1. n. Sin a. Vile, mischievous. [ ID=23869 ]
- 1. Sinful, vicious, or mischievous. 2. Vile or low. 3. Inauspicious.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पा (pā) प (pāpa) [Printed book page 431-06 ] पा (pā) प (pāpa) (I) a. (f. पा (pā) ) 1. Vicious, sinful, mischievous, Bg. vi.9; 2. vile, low, M. iv.197; 3. inauspicious (as in पा (pā) प (pāpa) ग्रह (pāpagraha) ). [ ID=22074 ]
- 1. Misfortune or evil. 2. Sin, vice, or guilt.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) (III) n. 1. Bad state, evil, bad fortune, पाप (pāpa) ं पाप (pāpa) ाः कथयत कथं शौर्यराशेः पितुर्मे (pāpaṃ pāpāḥ kathayata kathaṃ śauryarāśeḥ piturme) Ve. iii.; (the phrase शांतं पाप (pāpa) म् (śāṃtaṃ pāpam) ‘God forbid’ is often used in dramas); 2. sin, vice, guilt, R. xii.19. [ ID=22076 ]
- 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*
  > प (pa) ा (pā) प (pa) (pāpa) [Printed book page 443-a ] प (pa) ा (pā) प (pa) (pāpa) mfn. ( - प (pa) ः (-paḥ)- प (pa) ा (pā)- प (pa) ं (-paṃ) (-paḥ-pā-paṃ) ) 1. Mischievous, destructive, malignant. 2. Vile, low, abandoned, vicious. 3. Inauspicious. m. ( - प (pa) ः (-paḥ) ) A wicked man, a wretch, a profligate. n. ( - प (pa) ं (-paṃ) ) 1. Sin, crime, wickedness, vice. 2. Bad state, bad fortune. E. प (pa) ा (pā) to preserve (from it,) and प (pa) Unādi aff. [ ID=24461 ]
- 1. Wicked, sinful, or inauspicious. 2. Wickedness, evil, crime, or sin.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 0542-b ] पाप (pāpa) pāpa, I. adj., f. pā and pī, comparat. pāpatara, pāpīyaṃs, and pāpīyastara, MBh. 13, 2213; superl. pāpatama, pāpiṣṭha, pāpiṣṭhatara, MBh. 7, 8734, and pāpiṣṭhatama, Daśak. in Chr. 189, 9. 1. Wicked, sinful, Chr. 61, 46; 9, 43. 2. Inaus- picious. 3. pāpiṣṭhatama, with abl., Worse, Daśak. in Chr. 189, 9. II. n. 1. Wickedness, Rām. 3, 51, 36. 2. Evil, 3, 54, 27. 3. Crime, Pañc. i. d. 321. 4. Sin, Chr. 30, 37. — Comp. A-, adj. innocent. Upa-, n. a crime of the third degree, Yājñ. 3, 286. Dhūta- ( vb. dhū ), adj. free from sin. Niṣpāpa, i. e. nis-, adj. the same. Mahā-, n. a sin of the highest degree. Yājñ. 3, 286. — Cf. pro- bably, Lat. pejor (for pepjor), pessimus, peccare, perhaps κακός, κακίων, κάκιστος. [ ID=8653 ]
- 1. Bad, wicked, evil, or inauspicious. 2. A bad fellow, wretch, or profligate. 3. Evil, sin, harm, or trouble.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 312 ] पाप (pāpa) f. ई (ī) (later आ (ā) ) bad, wicked, evil, inauspicious; n. पाप (pāpa) म् (pāpam) & f. instr. पाप (pāpa) या (pāpayā) ( ± अमुया (±amuyā) q.v. ) badly, wrongly. m. bad fellow, wretch, profligate; n. evil, sin, harm, trouble. शान्तं (śāntaṃ) पाप (pāpa) म् (pāpam) may the sin be destroyed = heaven forbid. [ ID=18891 ]
- 1. Bad, wicked, evil, or inauspicious. 2. A bad fellow, wretch, or profligate. 3. Evil, sin, harm, or trouble.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ( पाप (pāpa) ) f. ई (ī) (later आ (ā) ) bad, wicked, evil, inauspicious; n. पाप (pāpa) म् (pāpam) & f. instr. पाप (pāpa) या (pāpayā) ( ± अमुया (±amuyā) q.v. ) badly, wrongly. m. bad fellow, wretch, profligate; n. evil, sin, harm, trouble. शान्तं (śāntaṃ) पाप (pāpa) म् (pāpam) may the sin be destroyed = heaven forbid. [ ID=18892 ]
- 1. Bad or evil. 2. A bad fellow. 3. Trouble, harm, or evil deed.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 190-a ] pāpá, a. bad; evil; as m. bad fellow, 46 19; as n. trouble; harm, 26 8; evil (deed), 27 2. [ ID=2554 ]
- 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)*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 0565-b ] पाप (pāpa) pāpa, as, ā (or in the earlier language ī ), am (said to be fr. rt. 3. pā; according to some for apāpa fr. rt. āp with apa ), bad, wicked, vicious, sinful, evil, mischievous, destructive; vile, low, abandoned; (in astrology) boding evil, malignant, inauspicious; ( as ), m. a wicked man, wretch, profligate; N. of a hell; ( am ), n. bad fortune, bad state, unhappiness; evil, sin, vice, crime, wickedness, transgression, guilt (e. g. pāpam avāpsyasi, thou wilt incur guilt); ( am ), ind. badly, miserably, wrongly; ( ayā ), ind., Ved. badly, wrongly, wickedly; [cf. Gr. κάκο-ς: Lat. peccare: Lith. pykiù, ‘I am angry;’ paika-s, pikta-s, ‘angry.’] —Pāpa-kara, as, ā or ī, am, or pāpa-kartṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, or pāpa-karman, ā, ā, a, or pāpa-karmin, ī, iṇī, i, or pāpa-kārin, ī, iṇī, i, or pāpa-kṛt, t, t, t, ‘wrong-doing,’ wicked, sinful, criminal, an evil-doer, malefactor, villain. —Pāpa-kṛta, am, n. or pāpa-kṛtyā, f. an evil deed, bad action, sin, crime. —Pāpa-kṣaya, as, m. the destruction of sin. —Pāpakṣaya-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha. —Pāpakṣaya-mātra, am, n. entire destruction (or expiation) of sins. —Pāpa-gumpa, as, m. epithet of Bāla-kṛṣṇa; (perhaps incorrectly for pāya-guṇḍa. ) —Pāpa-go- cara, as, ā, am, evidently involved in (the con- sequences of) sin. —Pāpa-graha, as, m. a planet of evil or malignant aspect (as Mars, Saturn, Rāhu, Ketu); any ill-omened or inauspicious aspect of the stars as the conjunction of the sun or Budha with the moon in its last quarter; calamitous or fatal destiny. —Pāpa-ghna, as, ī, am, destroying or removing sin or evil deeds, expiating guilt; ( as ), m. the sesamum plant; ( ī ), f., N. of a river. —Pāpa- cara, as, m. ‘walking in sin,’ N. of a king. —Pāpa- carya, as, m. a sinner; a fiend, Rākṣasa. —Pāpa- cārin, ī, iṇī, i, doing evil, sinful, wicked, criminal. —Pāpa-cetas, ās, ās, as, evil-minded, being of an evil disposition, wicked, vile. —Pāpa-celī or pāpa- celikā, f. the plant Clypea Hernandifolia, a species Page0565-c+ 81 of creeper (commonly called ākanādi ). —Pāpa-ja, as, ā, am, Ved. springing from evil. —Pāpa-jīva, as, ā, am, leading an evil life, wicked, criminal. —Pāpa-tara, as, ā, am, worse, more wicked, very evil. —Pāpa-timira, as, ā, am, ‘sin-bedarkened,’ blinded by sin. —Pāpa-tva, am, n., Ved. evil con- dition, misery, poverty. —Pāpa-da, as, ā, am, Ved. bringing misfortune, inauspicious. —Pāpa-darśin, ī, inī, i, looking at faults, malevolent. —Pāpa- dṛśvan, ā, arī, a, seeing guilt, knowing an act to be wicked. —Pāpa-dṛṣṭi, is, is, i, evil- eyed. —Pāpa-dhī, īs, īs, i, evil-minded. —Pāpa- nakṣatra, am, n., Ved. an inauspicious constella- tion. —Pāpa-nāpita, as, m. a vile or bad barber. —Pāpa-nāman, ā, mnī, a, Ved. having a bad name. —Pāpa-nāśana, as, ī, am, destroying the wicked; ( as ), m. an epithet of Śiva; N. of a temple of Viṣṇu; ( am ), n., N. of a part of the Brahmāṇḍa- Purāṇa. —Pāpa-nāśin, ī, inī, i, sin-destroying, purifying. —Pāpa-nirati, is, is, i, wicked, vil- lainous; a wretch; ( is ), f. attachment to evil, wicked- ness. —Pāpa-niścaya, as, ā, am, having evil designs, malevolent. —Pāpa-niṣkṛti, is, f. atonement for sin. —Pāpa-pati, is, m. ‘sinful master,’ a para- mour. —Pāpa-parājita, as, ā, am, Ved. ignomi- niously defeated. —Pāpa-puṇya, āni, n. pl. vicious or virtuous (deeds). —Pāpa-puruṣa, as, m. a vil- lainous man (a personification of all sin or archetype of a sinner, whose head is Brāhmaṇicide, whose arms are theft, and whose heart is wine-drinking, &c. also spelt pāpa-pūruṣa ). —Pāpa-phala, as, ā, am, having evil consequences, inauspicious. —Pāpa-bud- dhi, is, is, i, evil-minded, wicked; ( is ), m., N. of a man. —Pāpa-bhakṣaṇa, as, ā, am, devouring the wicked; ( as ), m. an epithet of Kāla-bhairava, a son of Śiva. —Pāpa-bhañjana, as, ā, am, breaking or destroying the wicked; ( as ), m., N. of a Brāhman. —Pāpa-bhāva, as, ā, am, being of an evil dispo- sition, evil-minded. —Pāpa-mati, is, is, i, evil- minded, of a corrupt mind, sinful, graceless, ungodly, depraved. —Pāpa-mitra, am, n. friend or com- panion of sin, bad counsellor, seducer. —Pāpamitra- tva, am, n. friendship with the wicked. —Pāpa- mukta, as, ā, am, freed from sin, liberated from all crime. —Pāpa-mocana, am, n. liberating form sin, remission of guilt. —Pāpa-yakṣma, as, m., Ved. ‘the evil disease,’ consumption. —Pāpa-yoni, is, f. a bad or low birthplace, birth in an inferior condition (as in that of an animal; considered as the punishment of sin). —Pāpa-rahita, as, ā, am, freed from sin. sinless. —Pāpa-roga, as, m. any bad disease con- sidered as the penalty of sin in a former life (as leprosy, elephantiasis); small pox. —Pāparogin, ī, iṇī, i, suffering from a bad disease as a penalty for sin (committed in a former life). —Pāparddhi (°pa-ṛd°), is, f. ‘sin-prosperity,’ getting a living by hunting, the chase. —Pāpa-loka, as, m., Ved. the evil world, the place of suffering, place of the wicked. —Pāpalokya, as, ā, am, belonging to hell or the world of the wicked, fiendish, infernal; belonging to the wicked. —Pāpa-vasīyas, ān, asī, as, inverted; confused; ( as ), n. inversion, confusion. —Pāpa-va- sīyasa or pāpa-vasyasa, am, n., Ved. inversion, in- verted order, confusion. —Pāpa-vāda, as, m., Ved. an inauspicious cry. —Pāpa-vināśana, as, ī, am, sin- destroying, destroying transgressions. —Pāpavinā- śana-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha. —Pāpa- vinigraha, as, m. restraining or punishing wicked- ness. —Pāpa-viniścaya, as, ā, am, intending evil, resolved on wickedness or crime. —Pāpa-śamana, as, ā, am, palliating or removing crime; ( am ), n. a sin offering; ( ī ), f. a species of tree; [cf. śamī. ] —Pāpa-śīla, as, ā, am, ill-disposed, prone to evil, of bad character, wicked. —Pāpa-śodhana, as, ā, am, cleansing or washing away sins; ( am ), n., N. of a Tīrtha. —Pāpa-saṃśamana, as, ā, am, removing sin. —Pāpa-saṅkalpa, as, ā, am, evil- minded, ill-intentioned. —Pāpa-sama, am, n., Ved. a bad year. —Pāpa-sammita, as, ā, am, equal in sin, of like guilt. —Pāpa-sūdana, as, ā, am, sin- destroying. —Pāpasūdana-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Page0566-a+ 78 Tīrtha. —Pāpa-han, ā, ghnī, a, sin-destroying, destroying the wicked. —Pāpa-hara, as, ā, am, removing evil, destroying sin; ( am ), n. a means of removing evil; ( ā ), f., N. of a river. —Pāpākhyā (°pa-ākh°), f., scil. gati, epithet of one of the seven divisions of the planetary courses (according to the Parāśara-tantra extending over the constellations Hasta, Maitra, and Vi-śākhā). —Pāpāṅkuśā (°pa- aṅ°), f., N. of the eleventh day in the light half of the month Āśvina. —Pāpācāra (°pa-āc°), as, ā, am, ill-conducted, following evil courses, practising evil, living an evil life, vicious. —Pāpātman (°pa- āt°), ā, ā, a, evil-minded, wicked; ( ā ), m. a sinner, reprobate, wretch; (opposed to dharmātman. ) —Pāpādhama (°pa-adh°), as, ā, am, the lowest of the wicked, exceedingly low or wicked. —Pāpānuva- sita (°pa-an°), as, ā, am, addicted to sin, sinful. —Pāpānta (°pa-an°), am, n., N. of a Tīrtha (‘where sins come to an end’). —Pāpāpanutti (°pa-ap°), is, f. ‘removal of sins,’ expiation. —Pā- pāvahīyam (°pa-av°), ind., Ved. wrongfully staying away or remaining behind. —Pāpāśaya (°pa-āś°), as, ā, am, evil-intentioned, wicked, sinful. —Pāpāha (°pa-aha°), am, n., Ved. an unlucky day. —Pāpāhi (°pa-ahi), is, m. a snake, serpent. —Pāpokta (°pa- uk°), as, ā, am, Ved. addressed in ill-omened words. [ ID=28835 ]

### Compounds: Person or Mind as Wicked/Sinful (9 definitions)
- wicked, villainous, or committing murderous deeds  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — आरंभ (āraṃbha) a. wicked, villainous, committing murderous deeds; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5. 24
- kara  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — कर (kara)
- sinful, a sinner, villain  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — कारिन्, - कृत् (kārin, -kṛt) &c. a. sinful, a sinner, villain
- 1. A sinner. 2. A demon.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — चर्यः (caryaḥ) 1 a sinner. 2 a demon
- intelligence  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — बुद्धि, - भाव (buddhi, -bhāva)
- evil-minded, wicked, depraved  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — मति (mati) a. evil-minded, wicked, depraved
- sinful  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — भाज् (bhāj) a. sinful, a sinner; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 5. 83
- evil-minded, wicked  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — संकल्प (saṃkalpa) a. evil-minded, wicked. (
- a wicked thought  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) ) a wicked thought

### Compounds: Removal or Destruction of Sin (5 definitions)
- destroying sin  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ध्न (dhna) a. destroying sin, expiating. (
- the sesamum plant  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — घ्नः (ghnaḥ) ) the sesamum plant
- destroying or expiating sin  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — नाशन (nāśana) a. destroying or expiating sin. (
- 1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — नः (naḥ) ) 1 N. of Śiva. 2 of Viṣṇu. (
- expiation, atonement  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — नं (naṃ) ) expiation, atonement

### Adjective: Evil, Wicked, Vile, Destructive (4 definitions)
- bad, wicked, evil, or vile  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 618,2] पाप (pāpa) mf( ई (ī) older than आ (ā); cf. Pāṇini (Author) iv, 1, 30 ) ( Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xiv, also पाप (pāpa) ) n. bad, vicious, wicked, evil, wretched, vile, low, RV. &c. &c. [ ID=122166 ]
- Evil, sinful, wicked  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 0694-b ] पाप (pāpa) a. [ पाति रक्षत्यस्मादात्मानं (pāti rakṣatyasmādātmānaṃ), पाअपादाने प (pāapādāne pa); Uṇādisūtras 3. 23 ] 1 Evil, sinful, wicked, vicious; पाप (pāpa) ं कर्म च यत् परैर (pāpaṃ karma ca yat paraira) ( pb ) पि कृतं तत्तस्य संभाव्यते (pi kṛtaṃ tattasya saṃbhāvyate) Mṛcchakaṭikā 1. 36; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 6. 9
- Mischievous, destructive, accursed  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 0694-b ] पाप (pāpa) a. [ पाति रक्षत्यस्मादात्मानं (pāti rakṣatyasmādātmānaṃ), पाअपादाने प (pāapādāne pa); Uṇādisūtras 3. 23 ] 2 Mischievous, destructive, accursed; पाप (pāpa) ेन मृत्युना गृहीतोऽस्मि (pāpena mṛtyunā gṛhīto'smi) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 4
- Low, vile, abandoned  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 0694-b ] पाप (pāpa) a. [ पाति रक्षत्यस्मादात्मानं (pāti rakṣatyasmādātmānaṃ), पाअपादाने प (pāapādāne pa); Uṇādisūtras 3. 23 ] 3 Low, vile, abandoned; Manusmṛti 3. 52; 4. 171

### Adverb: Badly, Sinfully, Wrongly (4 definitions)
- badly, miserably, wrongly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1C) [Printed book page 618,2] पापम् (pāpam) ( अम् (am) ), ind. badly, miserably, wrongly, AV. [ ID=122166.40 ]
- wickedly or sinfully  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पापया (pāpayā) ( अया (ayā) ), ind. id., RV.; AV. [ ID=122166.45 ]
- so badly, so vilely  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पाप - या (pāpa-yā) मुया (muyā) ind. so badly, so vilely, ib. [ ID=122166.50 ]
- badly, sinfully, wrongly  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पं (paṃ) ind. Badly, sinfully, wrongly

### Proper Nouns, Specific Roles, or Figurative/Technical Meanings (4 definitions)
- Name of the profligate in a drama  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the profligate in a drama, Cat. [ ID=122166.15 ]
- of a hell  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a hell, VP. [ ID=122166.20 ]
- 1. A beast of prey. 2. A witch.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 618,2] पापा (pāpā) ( आ (ā) ), f. a beast of prey or a witch, Hcat. [ ID=122166.25 ]
- a son of Brahmadhana  
  *The Purana Index*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 2-314 ] Pāpa — a son of Brahmadhana. Vā. 69. 132. [ ID=7773 ]

### Noun: A Wicked or Sinful Person (3 definitions)
- a wicked person, wretch, or villain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पाप (pāpa) m. a wicked man, wretch, villain, RV. &c., &c. [ ID=122166.10 ]
- A wicked, sinful, or profligate person  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पः (paḥ) A wretch, sinful person, wicked or profligate person
- A wretch or profligate  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) (II) m. A wretch, a profligate. [ ID=22075 ]

### Adjective: Inauspicious, Malignant (Ominous) (2 definitions)
- boding evil, inauspicious  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in astrol. ) boding evil, inauspicious, Var. [ ID=122166.05 ]
- Inauspicious, malignant, or foreboding evil  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाप (pāpa) [Printed book page 0694-b ] पाप (pāpa) a. [ पाति रक्षत्यस्मादात्मानं (pāti rakṣatyasmādātmānaṃ), पाअपादाने प (pāapādāne pa); Uṇādisūtras 3. 23 ] 4 Inauspicious malignant, foreboding evil; as in पाप (pāpa) ग्रह (pāpagraha)

### Compounds: Negative Associations, Consequences, or Places of Sin (2 definitions)
- low-born  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — योनि (yoni) a. low-born. (
- vile birth or birth in an inferior condition  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — निः (niḥ) f. ) vile birth, birth in an inferior condition

### Noun: Evil, Misfortune, Harm, Bad State (2 definitions)
- evil, misfortune, or harm  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पाप (pāpa) n. ( ifc. f( आ (ā) ). ) evil, misfortune, ill-luck, trouble, mischief, harm, AV. &c. &c. (often शान्तम् पाप (pāpa) म् (śāntam pāpam), ‘heaven forefend that evil’, R.; Mṛcch.; Kālid. &c.) [ ID=122166.30 ]
- 1. Evil or bad fortune. 2. An expression used in dramas to avert evil or mean God forbid.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पं (paṃ) 1 Evil, bad fortune or state; पापं (paṃ) पापाः कथयथ कथं शौर्यराशेः (pāpaṃ pāpāḥ kathayatha kathaṃ śauryarāśeḥ) पितुर्मे (piturme) Veṇīsaṃhāra 3. 6; शांतं पापं (paṃ) (śāṃtaṃ pāpaṃ) ‘may the evil be averted’, ‘god forbid’ (often used in dramas)

### Noun: Sin, Crime, Vice, Guilt (2 definitions)
- sin, vice, crime, guilt  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पाप (pāpa) n. sin, vice, crime, guilt, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=122166.35 ]
- Sin, crime, vice, or guilt  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पं (paṃ) 2 Sin, crime, vice, guilt; अपापानां कुले जाते (apāpānāṃ kule jāte) मयि पापं (paṃ) न विद्यते (mayi pāpaṃ na vidyate) Mṛcchakaṭikā 9. 37; Manusmṛti 11. 231; 4. 181; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 12. 19

### Compounds: Miscellaneous or Abstract Concepts (1 definition)
- 1. Inverted. 2. Confused.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — वशीयस् (vaśīyas) a. 1 inverted. 2 confused. ( — m. ) inversion, confusion

### Compounds: Specific Negative/Inauspicious Things or Omens (1 definition)
- an unlucky day  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अहः (ahaḥ) an unlucky day

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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