aprākṛta

1 Special, particular, not common or generic.

2 Not vulgar, (especially as dialect or speech.)

E. a neg. prākṛta common, vulgar.

belonging to the original or principal substance, subject-

matter &c. (In works on ritual subjects where prakṛti is

used in the sense of the original or principal rite in which

originate other, subordinate rites or vikṛti, aprākṛta is

used synonymously with vaikṛta in the sense of ‘not referring

to the original or principal rite, not referring to the divi-

nities, sacrificial acts &c. of such a rite; e. g. in the Jaimini

Sūtra: aprākṛtena hi saṃyogastatsthānīyatvāt; Śabara.: na

prākṛtībhyo nirvaptavyam . kāstarhi . vaikṛtībhyaḥ . kutaḥ . aprākṛtena

devatāviśeṣeṇa saṃyogaḥ śrūyate &c.; or Mādhava, when treating

on sacrificial acts of the Darśapūrnamāsa and the subordi-

nate rites connected with it, says: āstaraṇakāryaṃ vikṛtau vi-

dhīyamānamapyaprākṛtakāryatayā prākṛtāṃm̐llavanādīnvarhiḥsaṃskārānna

prāpayati &c.) ² Not low, not vulgar. E. a neg. and prākṛta.

mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ)

1. Special, particular, not common or generic.

2.
Not vulgar, (especially as dialect or speech.)

E. a neg. prākṛta
common, vulgar.