Prasava: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥擜 son of Bh峁沢u.*
- * V腻yu-pur腻峁嘺 65. 87.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N腻峁瓂a-艣腻straPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�) refers to 鈥渂irth of a child鈥� and is one of the six reasons for 鈥渃onjugal union鈥� (惫腻蝉补办补) between a king and a women, according to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 24. Accordingly, 鈥渃onjugal union (惫腻蝉补办补) being due, kings should go to the bed-chamber of a wife even if she may be in her menses and may not be his favourite鈥�.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�) refers to a 鈥渇lower鈥�, as mentioned in a list of eight synonyms, according to the second chapter (诲丑补谤补峁噛腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R腻janigha峁囜弓u (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dhara峁噛腻di-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation鈥檚 relations between trees [viz., Prasava] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda TherapeuticsPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�) or Yoniprasava refers to an 鈥渄elivery鈥� (i.e. giving birth), and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 2) written by Hastiruci.鈥擳he Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha (mentioning yoni-prasava) has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryprasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥攎 (S) Bringing forth or bearing (of young). 2 Birth or production. 3 Offspring.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishprasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥�m Bringing forth (of young). Birth. Offspring.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥�1 Begetting, generation, procreation, birth, production; 啶啶班じ啶掂さ啶苦啶距ぐ啷� 啶膏啶む啶班啶｀ぞ啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶む啶班た啶氞い啷佮啶啶班き啷冟い啶� 啶膏啶啶班じ啷傕い啷� 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶灌啶ㄠぞ啶むた啶班た啶曕啶む啶距げ啷� 啶� 啶︵啶多啷佮げ啶膏啶曕啶粪く啷� 啶さ啶むた (prasavavik腻ro str墨峁嚹遽箖 dvitricatu岣rabh峁泃i sa峁僷ra蝉奴tau v腻 | h墨n腻tiriktak腻le ca de艣akulasa峁僰峁yo bhavati) B峁�. S.
2) Child-birth, delivery, confinement; an in 啶嗋じ啶ㄠ啶ㄠお啷嵿ぐ啶膏さ啶� (腻蝉补苍苍补辫谤补蝉补惫腻).
3) Offspring, progeny, young ones, children; oft. at the end of comp.; 啶曕啶掂げ啶� 啶掂啶班お啷嵿ぐ啶膏さ啶� 啶啶ぞ啶� (kevala峁� v墨raprasav腻 bh奴y腻岣�) Uttarar腻macarita 1; Kum腻rasambhava 7.87.
4) Source, origin, brith-place (fig. also); 啶啶班じ啶掂 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶げ啶膏啶� 啶啶班た啶｀ (辫谤补蝉补惫补岣� karmaphalasya bh奴ri峁嘺岣�) Kir腻t腻rjun墨ya 2.43.
5) Flower, blossom; 啶啶班じ啶掂さ啶苦き啷傕い啶苦し啷� 啶啶班啶灌ぞ啶� 啶掂た啶班啷嵿い啶� (prasavavibh奴ti峁 bh奴ruh腻峁� virakta岣�) 艢i艣up腻lavadha 7.42; 啶ㄠ啶むぞ 啶侧啶о啶班お啷嵿ぐ啶膏さ啶班啶膏ぞ 啶ぞ啶｀啶∴啶むぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠえ啷� 啶多啶班啶� (n墨t腻 lodhraprasavarajas腻 p腻峁囜笉ut腻m腻nane 艣r墨岣�) Meghad奴ta 67; 啶曕啶ㄠ啶︵お啷嵿ぐ啶膏さ啶多た啶ムた啶侧 啶溹啶掂た啶むぎ啷� (kundaprasava艣ithila峁� j墨vitam) 113; R.9.28; Kum腻rasambhava 1.55;4.14; 艢.5.9; M腻lat墨m腻dhava (Bombay) 9.27.31; Uttarar腻macarita 2.2.
6) A fruit, product; 啶啷嵿啶啶班じ啶掂さ啶班啶溹た啶むぞ啶� (测补箩帽补辫谤补蝉补惫补惫补谤箩颈迟腻岣�) Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 12.18.46.
7) Ved. Extracting Soma juice; 啶呧お啷佮い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶啶班じ啶掂啶ㄠぞ啶班啶ム 啶掂え啶掂ぞ啶膏ぎ啷佮お啶距さ啶膏い啷� (aputra岣� prasaven腻rth墨 vanav腻samup腻vasat) Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 13.4.6.
7) Setting in motion.
9) A current, stream.
1) Excitement, animation.
11) Enjoining, ordering.
12) Assistance, help.
13) pursuit, acquisition.
Derivable forms: 辫谤补蝉补惫补岣� (啶啶班じ啶掂).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥攎.
(-惫补岣�) 1. Bringing forth, bearing, (as young.) 2. Birth, production. 3. Offspring, posterity. 4. Fruit. 5. A blossom, a flower. 6. Source, origin. E. pra before, 蝉奴 to bear, aff. ap .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥攊. e. pra-蝉奴 + a, m. 1. Bringing forth, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 75, 23; being in labour, 228, 14. 2. Offspring, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 3, 22; 9, 55. 3. Blossom. 4. Fruit, [Uttara R腻macarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 44, 11.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥�1. [masculine] pressing out the Soma.
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Prasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥�2. [masculine] urging, setting or getting in motion, impulse, animation; furtherance, assistance; activity, pursuit; impeller, vivifier.
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Prasava (啶啶班じ啶�).鈥�3. [masculine] procreation, generation, conception, bringing forth, childbirth; birthplace; offspring, blossom, flower.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prasava (啶啶班じ啶�):鈥擺=pra-sava] a 1. 2. 3. pra-sava. See pra- 鈭�3. su and pra- 鈭�1. 2. su.
2) [=pra-sava] [from pra-su] 1. pra-sava m. (for 2. and 3. See p. 698, col. 1) the pressing out (Soma juice), [峁歡-veda; ???]
3) [=pra-sava] [from pra-蝉奴] 2. pra-sava m. (for 1. pra- 鈭�3. su) setting or being set in motion, impulse, course, rush, flight, [峁歡-veda; Aitareya-br腻hma峁嘺]
4) [v.s. ...] stimulation, furtherance, aid, [峁歡-veda; Atharva-veda; Br腻hma峁嘺] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] pursuit, acquisition, [V腻jasaneyi-sa峁僪it腻]
6) [v.s. ...] = next, [Taittir墨ya-br腻hma峁嘺 1.]
7) [=pra-sava] [from pra-蝉奴] 3. pra-sava m. (ifc. f(腻). ; for 1. 2. See above) begetting, procreation, generation, conception, parturition, delivery, birth, origin, [V腻jasaneyi-sa峁僪it腻] etc. etc.
8) [v.s. ...] augmentation, increase, [Mah腻bh腻rata]
9) [v.s. ...] birthplace, [ib.; 艢a峁僰ar腻c腻rya]
10) [v.s. ...] offspring, posterity, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah腻bh腻rata] etc. (kisalaya-pr, 鈥榓 young shoot鈥� [Raghuva峁兣沘])
11) [v.s. ...] a flower, [Mah腻bh腻rata; K腻vya literature; Su艣ruta] (also n., [R腻m腻ya峁嘺])
12) [v.s. ...] fruit, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�):鈥擺pra-sava] (惫补岣�) 1. m. Bringing forth; birth; offspring; fruit; flower.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Prasava (啶啶班じ啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pasava.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�) [Also spelled prasav]:鈥�(nm) delivery, child-birth, labour; (a) natal; -[办补办峁] labour room; -[k腻la] time of delivery/child-birth; ~[驳峁沨补] see ~[艣腻l腻] -[p墨岣嵞�/vedan腻/vyath腻] labour pains, pangs of child-birth; ~[惫补迟墨] a woman who has delivered a child, a woman in confinement; ~[艣腻l腻] a maternity home.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPrasava (嗖硩嗖班哺嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the act or giving birth to a child; childbirth.
2) [noun] the act or fact of coming into life or of being born; birth.
3) [noun] that in which something has its birth; origin; source.
4) [noun] a flower or bloom of a plant.
5) [noun] any product of plant growth, usu. that contains a seed or seeds and fleshy or meaty substance that is useful to humans or animals; a fruit.
6) [noun] the quality of being convenient; convenience.
7) [noun] children, descendants or offspring collectively; progeny.
8) [noun] the act of squeezing the juice out from the S艒ma plant (used in religious sacrifices).
9) [noun] a moving, going forward or onward; progression.
10) [noun] a current of water or other liquid; a stream.
11) [noun] absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; enthusiasm.
12) [noun] a regulating; regulation.
13) [noun] gain; benefit; advantage.
14) [noun] 嗖硩嗖班哺嗖掂驳嗖距矖喑� [prasavavagu] prasavav腻gu (delivering a child) to happen; 嗖硩嗖班哺嗖掂伯嗖距矖喑� [prasavamagu] prasavam腻gu = 嗖硩嗖班哺嗖掂驳嗖距矖喑� [prasavavagu].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPrasava (啶啶班じ啶�):鈥攏. 1. begetting; generation; procreation; birth; 2. child-birth; delivery; 3. offspring; progeny; 4. a fruit; production; 5. flower; blossom;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+2): Prasavabamdha, Prasavabandhana, Prasavadharman, Prasavadina, Prasavagara, Prasavakarmakrit, Prasavakh, Prasavalaya, Prasavamasa, Prasavamga, Prasavanakshatra, Prasavapita, Prasavasamaya, Prasavashastra, Prasavashastrajna, Prasavashastrajne, Prasavasthala, Prasavasthana, Prasavat, Prasavavedane.
Full-text (+83): Prasavavedana, Prasavabandhana, Prasavasthali, Pratiprasava, Asannaprasava, Prasavagriha, Prasavakala, Punyaprasava, Mauktikaprasava, Meghaprasava, Sukhaprasava, Prasavasthana, Pratiprasavam, Ragaprasava, Utprasava, Saprasava, Aprasava, Kanakaprasava, Prasavavikara, Satyaprasava.
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Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 5.12 < [Chapter 5 - Birth Matters]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
7. Other Rivers in the Samhit腻s < [Chapter 2 - The Rivers in the Sa峁僪it腻 Literature]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.6.10 < [Book 3 - Pada-k腻峁囜笉a (6): Dik-samudde艣a (On Position)]
Verse 3.13.12 < [Book 3 - Pada-k腻峁囜笉a (13): Li峁単a-samudde艣a (On Gender)]
Verse 3.13.14 < [Book 3 - Pada-k腻峁囜笉a (13): Li峁単a-samudde艣a (On Gender)]
Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
3.8. Use of 艢腻ntarasa < [Chapter 2 - Delineation of Rasa in Mudr腻r腻k峁sa]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
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