Prasriti, 笔谤补蝉峁泃颈: 17 definitions
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Prasriti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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 term 笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 can be transliterated into English as Prasrti or Prasriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�).鈥擮ne of the four sons of Sv膩roci峁 Manu.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 9. 7.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺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.
Kavya (poetry)
: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�) (in 肠补办峁岣谤补蝉峁泃颈) refers to 鈥減alm of the hand stretched out and hollowed鈥�, and is mentioned in the Nai峁dha-carita 15.82: 鈥渓ooking at him eagerly with their large eyes鈥�. Cf. 20.11, 12.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�) refers to a unit of measurement of weight (1 辫谤补蝉峁泃颈 equals 96mg; 2 辫谤补蝉峁泃颈s = 1 办耻岣峚惫补 = 192g), as defined in the 15th-century Yogas膩rasa峁単raha (Yogasara-sa峁単raha) by V膩sudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogas膩rasa峁僩raha [mentioning 辫谤补蝉峁泃颈] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (产丑补颈峁箩测补-办补濒辫补苍腻) which is a branch of pharmacology (诲谤补惫测补驳耻峁嘺).
A relative overview of weight-units is found below, 辫谤补蝉峁泃颈 indicated in bold. In case of liquids, the metric equivalents would be the corresponding litre and milliliters.
1 Ratti or Gu帽j膩 = 125mg,
8 Rattis - 1 M膩峁 = 1g,
4 M膩峁 - 1 Ka岣籥帽c = 4g,
12 M膩峁s - 1 Kar峁 = 12g,
1 Kar峁 /Ak峁 - 1 Ni峁a = 12g,
2 Kar峁s - 1 艢ukti = 24g,
2 艢ukti - 1 Pala = 48g,
2 Palas - 1 笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 = 96g,
2 笔谤补蝉峁泃颈s - 1 Ku岣峚va = 192g,
2 Ku岣峚va - 1 M膩nik膩 = 384g,
2 M膩nik膩s - 1 Prastha (Seru) = 768g,
4 Prasthas - 1 膧岣峢aka (Ka峁僺a) = 3.072kg,
4 膧岣峢akas or Kala艣as - 1 Dro峁嘺 = 12.288kg,
2 Dro峁嘺s - 1 Surpa = 24.576kg,
2 Surpas - 1 Dro峁嚹� (Vahi) = 49.152kg,
4 Dro峁嚹玸 - 1 Khari = 196.608kg,
1 Pala = 48g,
100 Palas - 1 Tul膩 = 4.8kg,
20 Tul膩s - 1 Bh膩ra = 96kg.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�):鈥擜 unit of Measurement; Two palas combindly will make one prasrt = 96g of metric units
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.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�) or 笔谤补蝉峁泃颈mudr膩 (or Vist墨r峁嘺mudr膩) refers to one of the 81 Mudr膩s (hand-gestures) described in chapter 2 of the 峁氠梗ir膩tra section of the 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: an encyclopedic Sanskrit text written in over 3500 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as yoga, temple-building, consecration ceremonies, initiation and dhanurveda (martial arts).鈥擺Cf. the chapter 尘耻诲谤腻-濒补办峁峁嘺].
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary笔谤补蝉峁泃颈.鈥�(EI 30), a measure; a handful. Note: 辫谤补蝉峁泃颈 is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary辫谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�).鈥攆 S The palm of the hand hollowed.
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 dictionary笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�).鈥�f.
1) Advance, progress.
2) Flowing.
3) The plam of the hand stretched out and hollowed; 啶ㄠた啶班啶ぞ啶� 啶氞啷嵿し啷佮啶啶班じ啷冟い啶苦啷佮げ啷佮啶苦い啶 (nirm膩ya 肠补办峁岣谤补蝉峁泃颈culukitam) N.15.82; 'looking at him eagerly with their large eyes'; cf. 2.11-12.
4) A handful (considered as a measure equal to two palas.); 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿し啷�啶｀ 啶曕ざ啷嵿啶苦い啷� 啶膏啶啶灌く啶むた 啶さ啶距え啶距 啶啶班じ啷冟い啶 (parik峁Ｄ箛a岣� ka艣cit sp峁沨ayati yav膩n膩峁� pra蝉峁泃aye) 叠丑补谤迟峁沨补谤颈 2.45, Y.2.112; 啶啶ム啶曕お啷嵿ぐ啶膏啶むた啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹え啷嵿え 啶啶班ぞ啶啷嵿啶︵さ啶距啷嵿ぎ啷佮啶� (p峁泃huka辫谤补蝉峁泃颈峁� r膩janna pr膩yacchadav膩峁卪ukha岣�) Bh膩gavata 1.81.5.
5) Swiftness, haste; 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶苦い啶距え啶� 啶啶班じ啷冟い啷嵿く啶� 啶掂 啶掂た啶ㄠい啶距啷佮げ啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷冟き啶苦 (vardhit膩ni pra蝉峁泃y膩 vai vinat膩kulakart峁沚hi岣�) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 5.11.3.
Derivable forms: 辫谤补蝉峁泃颈岣� (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶苦).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�).鈥攆.
(-迟颈岣�) 1. The palm of the hand stretched out and hollowed. 2. A handful considered as a measure. 3. Progress, advance. E. pra before, 蝉峁� to go, aff. ktin .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�).鈥擺pra-蝉峁� + ti], f. 1. The palm of the hand hollowed. 2. A handful, [叠丑补谤迟峁沨补谤颈, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 57.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�).鈥擺feminine] streaming, flowing, also = [preceding] [masculine]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�):鈥擺=pra-蝉峁泃i] [from pra-蝉峁泃a > pra-蝉峁�] f. (pra-). streaming, flowing, [艢akuntal膩]
2) [v.s. ...] (successful) progress, [Taittir墨ya-膩ra峁噛aka]
3) [v.s. ...] extension, diffusion, [Mah膩bh膩rata]
4) [v.s. ...] swiftness, haste, [N墨laka峁囜弓ha]
5) [v.s. ...] the palm of the hollowed hand, [Kau艣ika-s奴tra]
6) [v.s. ...] a handful as measure (= 2 Palas), [Y膩j帽avalkya; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�):鈥擺pra-蝉峁泃i] (迟颈岣�) 2. f. Idem.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (啶啶班じ啷冟い啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pasai, 笔补蝉奴颈.
[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 corpus笔谤补蝉峁泃颈 (嗖硩嗖班哺喑冟菠嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] = 嗖硩嗖班哺喑冟菠 [prasrita]2 - 2.
2) [noun] a going forward or ahead; progress.
3) [noun] a handful as a measure.
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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