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Prasri, Pra�, Praś�, Prashri: 6 definitions

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Prasri 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.

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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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pra� (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 Dictionary

Praś� (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 Dictionary

Praś (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 Dictionary

1) 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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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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