Pramantha, Pramamtha: 7 definitions
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Pramantha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
: atlan.org: The horse sacrificePramantha (啶啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擳he lighting of the New Fire was called Agnyadheya (鈥渓ighting of fires鈥�) and was an important preliminary at all Vedic sacrifices. The holy fire was lit by means of the Vedic fire-drill (pramantha). The pramantha has been associated by Max Mueller and other Sanskritists with the myth and the name of Prometheus. Prometheus is 鈥渢he fire-bringer鈥�, just as is the pramantha. Also, its shape is cruciform, and is closely related to that of the Cross, a device again related to the Vedic firedrill, the pramantha. In fact, all this refers to the Cosmogonic Hierogamy, the marriage of Fire and Water, the enlightenment of the world that took place in Paradise, destroying all Creation.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPramantha (啶啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擜 stick used for producing fire.
Derivable forms: 辫谤补尘补苍迟丑补岣� (啶啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶ム).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramantha (啶啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擺masculine] rubbing-stick (to produce fire).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramantha (啶啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺=pra-mantha] [from pra-math] m. a stick used for rubbing wood to produce fire, [K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPrama峁僼ha (嗖硩嗖班伯嗖傕播):鈥擺noun] a piece of wood (of 艢ami or Ficus religiosa) used for kindling the sacred fire for a sacrifice by attrition; the fire-producing wooden stick.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Full-text: Uttararani, Prometheus, Catra.
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