Prasri, Pra�, Praś�, Prashri: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Pra� and Praś� can be transliterated into English as Prasr or Prasri or Prashri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPra� (प्रस�).�1 P. To flow forth, spring, arise, proceed; लोहिताद्या महानद्यः प्रसस्रुस्तत्र चासकृत� (lohitādyā mahānadya� prasasrustatra cāsakṛt) Mb.
2) To go forth, advance; वेलानिला� प्रसृत� भुजङ्गाः (velānilāya praṛtā bhujaṅgā�) R.13.12; अन्वेषणप्रसृते � मित्रगणे (anveṣaṇapraṛte ca mitragaṇe) Dk.
3) To spread, spread round; कृशानु� कि� साक्षात् प्रसरत� दिशो नै� नियतम् (kṛśānu� ki� sākṣāt prasarati diśo naiṣa niyatam) K. P.1; प्रसरत� तृणमध्ये लब्ध- वृद्धि� क्षणेन (prasarati tṛṇamadhye labdha- vṛddhi� kṣaṇena) (岹岵Ծ�) Ṛtusaṃhāra 1.25.
4) To spread, prevail, pervade; प्रसरत� परिमाथी कोऽप्ययं देहदाह� (prasarati parimāthī ko'pyaya� dehadāha�) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.41; भित्त्वा भित्त्वा प्रसरत� बलात� कोऽप� चेतोविकारः (bhittvā bhittvā prasarati balāt ko'pi cetovikāra�) Uttararāmacarita 3.36.
5) To be stretched, to extend; � मे हस्त� प्रसरत� (na me hastau prasarata�) Ś.2.
6) To be disposed or inclined to (do a thing), move; � मे उचितेष� करणीयेषु हस्तपादं प्रसरत� (na me uciteṣu karaṇīyeṣu hastapāda� prasarati) Ś.4; प्रसरत� मन� कायारम्भ� (prasarati mana� kāyārambha�) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3. 181.
7) To prevail, begin, commence; प्रससा� चोत्सव� (prasasāra cotsava�) Kathāsaritsāgara 16.85.
8) To be long, be lengthened; यद� तु तव समागमे तथैव प्रसरत� सुभ्रु तत� कृती भवेयम् (yadi tu tava samāgame tathaiva prasarati subhru tata� kṛtī bhaveyam) V.3.22.
9) To grow strong or intense; प्रसृततर� सख्यम् (praṛtatara� sakhyam) Dk.
1) To pass away (as time).
11) To break forth or out (as fire).
12) To be displaced (as the humours of the body). -Caus.
1) to spread, stretch; जलनिधिवेगसहं प्रसार्य देहम� (jalanidhivegasaha� prasārya deham) Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.44.
2) To stretch forward, extend, hold out (as the hand); कालः सर्वजनान� प्रसारितकर� गृह्णाति दूरादप� (kāla� sarvajanān prasāritakaro gṛhṇāti dūrādapi) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.2.
3) To spread out or expose for sale; क्रेतारः क्रीणीयुरिति बुद्ध्या आपणे प्रसारित� क्रय्यम् (kretāra� krīṇīyuriti buddhyā āpaṇe prasārita� krayyam) Sk.; Manusmṛti 5.129; वणिज� � प्रसारयन� (vaṇijo na prasārayan) 峾.2.48.4.
4) To open wide, expand (as eyes).
5) To publish, promulgate.
6) To prosecute.
7) (In gram.) To change a semi-vowel into the corresponding vowel.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraś� (प्रश�).—break off or asunder.
Praś� is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and ś� (शृ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraś (प्रश्र�).—lean forward or against; join with, add to ([locative]).
Praś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and ś (श्रि).
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Pra� (प्रस�).—go forth, spread, appear, begin (also [Passive]), set out, go towards ([accusative]), pass away. [Causative] stretch forth or out, expose, divulge.
Pra� is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and � (सृ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Praś� (प्रश�):—[=-√ś] [Parasmaipada] -śṛṇپ, to break in pieces, break off, crush, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) Praś (प्रश्र�):�1. praś [wrong reading] for ṛśn.
3) [=pra-ś] 2. pra-√ś� [Parasmaipada] -śⲹپ, to lean against, fix, [Kāṭhaka];
—to join or add to ([locative case]), [Ṛg-veda]
4) Pra� (प्रस�):—[=pra-√ṛ] [Parasmaipada] -sisarti, (only [Vedic or Veda]) and sarati (sometimes also [Ātmanepada] te), to move forwards, advance (‘for� or ‘against� [accusative]), proceed ([literally] and [figuratively]), spring up, come forth, issue from ([ablative]), appear, rise, spread, extend, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to break out (as fire, a disease etc.), [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra] ([varia lectio]);
—to be displaced (as the humours of the boy), [Suśruta];
—to be diffused (as odour), [Kathāsaritsāgara];
—to pass. elapse (as night), [Vikramorvaśī];
—to commence, begin, [Bhartṛhari; Kathāsaritsāgara] (also [Passive voice] e.g. prāsāri yājñah, ‘the sacrifice began� [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]);
—to prevail, hold good, take place, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];
—to stretch out (hands), [Ṛg-veda];
—to agree, promise, [Inscriptions] :
‰ڰ䲹ܲ -ⲹپ, to stretch out, extend, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.;
—to spread out, expose (wares etc. for sale), [Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;
—to open wide (eyes, mouth, etc.), [Mṛcchakaṭikā; Bhāgavata-puṇa];
—to diffuse, circulate, exhibit, [Varāha-mihira; Śaṃkarācārya];
—to prosecute, transact, [Kādambarī];
� (in gram.) to change a semivowel into the corresponding vowel, [Patañjali] :
—[Intensive] (-sasre, ٱ, ṇa) to extend, be protracted, last, [Ṛg-veda]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pra� (प्रस�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Uvella, Uvvilla, Uvvela, Payalla, Pasara, ʲū, Maghamagha, ѳܲ, Vaala, ܲ.
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