Praskanda: 6 definitions
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Praskanda 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.
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationPraskanda (啶啶班じ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶�) is the name of a Ga峁噀艣vara (attendant of 艢iva), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.9 (鈥溑歩va鈥檚 campaign鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as 艢iva with the Gods attacked Tripura: 鈥淸...] O great Brahmins, all the Ga峁噀艣varas went to the three cities. Who can enumerate them fully? I shall mention a few. These were the important ones who were there鈥擺e.g., Praskanda] [...]. These and other innumerable lords of Ga峁嘺s who cannot be characterised and classified surrounded 艢iva and went ahead. [...] They were capable of burning the entire world including the mobile and immobile beings, within a trice by their very thought. Surrounding 艢iva, the great lord, they went ahead. [...]鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPraskanda (啶啶班じ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擜 class of Pi艣膩cas.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 7. 380.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPraskanda (啶啶班じ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶�) or Praskandha.鈥�(?), in 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 54.8 (verse) adj., fallen, sinking: praskanda (sc. 蝉补迟迟惫腻苍; acc. pl.) sa峁僺膩ri, (I see creatures) fallen into (sinking in) the sa峁僺膩ra; note in KN says praskanna is to be expected, and WT read so, by em.; Pali pakkhanna is said in [Pali Text Society鈥檚 Pali-English Dictionary] to be often written pakkhanta; AMg. pakkhanda = moving, walking, Rat- nach.; in Lalitavistara 104.18 (prose) n膩n膩-kud峁涐梗峁璱-graha峁嘺-(read gahana-, below)-praskandh膩n膩峁� (so!, dh) sattv膩n膩峁�, paralleled by 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 288.13 d峁涐梗峁璱-k峁泃a-gahana-praskandh膩n膩峁� sattv膩n膩峁�; Tibetan on Lalitavistara 岣hibs pos, dense, close, a covering, confirming gahana as in 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 for graha峁嘺; khebs pa, cover- ing, for praskandha; see below, and note 顿丑腻迟耻辫. root skandh as v.l. for skand; twice 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 has what may be the same word, but both times there are variants in the text, and northern translations are confused; 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 6815 praskanda岣�, v.l. 掳dha岣� (so, 掳dha岣�, Mironov); Tibetan 岣ug pa, or, 岣ro ba (both something like enter or move), or skem pa (dry up!); Chin. going in, or, going away; Japanese enter(ing); 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 7172 praskanna岣�, v.l. (with Mironov) praskandha岣� (Mir. v.l. 掳nda岣�, and, above line, skanna岣�); Tibetan rab tu zhug pa (entering), or byi峁� ba (sinking); so Chin., going inside, or sinking. The meaning sinking, as adj., which fits Sanskrit pra-skand-fairly well, would fit both the 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 passage and the Lalitavistara-骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 parallel passages, of creatures sinking (entered would also be possible) in the thicket of heresy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraskanda (啶啶班じ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺=pra-skanda] [from pra-skand] m. a kind of root, [Mah膩bh膩rata] ([varia lectio])
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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.
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Partial matches: Pra, Skandha.
Starts with: Praskandaka, Praskandana.
Full-text: Kartapraskanda, Praskandha.
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Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 9 - 艢iva鈥檚 campaign < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-sa峁僪it膩 (5): Yuddha-kha峁囜笉a]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of 艢iva (Rudra-sahasran膩ma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabh膩ga]
Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 7 - Different dynasties enumerated < [Section 3 - Upodgh膩ta-p膩da]