प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) is a Sanskrit word meaning atonement, expiation, amends, the name of several works, expiratory, see praya, expiation, penance, atonement, expiation, or penance. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Atonement/Expiation/Penance (Noun), Cross-reference, Expiatory / Relating to Atonement (Adjective).
Etymology
E. प्राय sin, चित्त or चित्ति reflection, and सुट् aug. hence also प्रायश्चित्ति, f. ( -त्तिः.)
प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 186-3] प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) prā́yaś-citta, n. [thought of death], atonement, expiation, penance; amends, satisfaction; -citti,f.id.; a. expiating (Agni); -cittin,a. making atonement; -cittīya, 〈1.〉 den.Ā. be bound to perform penance; 〈2.〉 a. serving as an atonement; bound to perform penance: -tā,f. liability to perform a penance; -cetana,n. expiation, atonement. [ID=12460]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Expiation, penance
प्राय (prāya)श्चित्त (citta) (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 588] प्राय (prāya)श्चित्त (citta) (prāyaścitta) m. (-त्तः (-ttaḥ)) Expiation, penance.
E. प्राय (prāya) sin, चित्त (citta) or चित्त (citta)ि (citti) reflection, and सुट् (suṭ) aug. hence also प्राय (prāya)श्चित्त (citta) (prāyaścitta)ि (prāyaścitti), f. (-त्तिः (-ttiḥ).)
[ID=27125]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Expiation
प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 527-b] प्राय-श्चित्त (prāya-ścitta)(त्तः) ((ttaḥ)) 1. m. Expiation. [ID=26626]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
an expiatory act or atonement
प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 490-17] प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta)n. expiatory act, atonement, indemnification, a religious act performed for the atonement of sinful conduct, मातुः पापस्य भरतः प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta)मिवाकरोत् (mātuḥ pāpasya bharataḥ prāyaścittamivākarot)R. xii.29, M. i.116. [ID=25475]
E. प्राय (prāya) sin, चित्त (citta) or चित्त (citta)ि (citti) reflection, and सुट् (suṭ) aug.; hence also प्राय (prāya)श्चित्त (citta) (prāyaścitta)ि (prāyaścitti) f. (-तिः) । ((-tiḥ) .)
[ID=27923]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Penance. 2. Expiation. 3. Punishment.
प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 0615-b] प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta)prāyaścitta,i. e.prāyas
प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 2-445] Prāyaścitta — expiation: of no use to one not devoted to Nārāyaṇa. Bhā. VI. 1. 11, 18. [ID=8771]
— The Purana Index
penance or expiation
प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 2-050] Prāyaś-citta1 or Prāyaś-citti2 denotes a ‘penance’ or ‘expiation,’ both words occurring frequently in the later Saṃhitās and the Brāhmaṇas. The penances are prescribed for every conceivable sort of ritual, social or moral; a complete list of them is included in the Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa.3 [Footnote: 1) Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, xii. 4, 1, 6; Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, v. 9; vi. 12, etc.]
[Footnote: 2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 1, 4, 1; iii. 1, 3, 2; v. 1, 9, 3; 3, 12, 1; Av. xiv. 1, 30; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxxix. 12; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 11, 46; v. 27; vii. 2; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, i. 1, 4, 9; iv. 5, 7, 1; xi. 5, 3, 8, etc.]
[Footnote: 3) See Konow's Translation, p. 43 et seq.] [ID=2076]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Cross-reference
1 definition1
See praya
प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) [Printed book page 0659-a] प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta)prāyaś-citta. See prāya, p. 658. [ID=33701]
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Definitions on this page come from 11 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
