Pracalaka, Pracalāka: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPracalaka (प्रचलक):—(wie eben) m. ein best. zu den giftigen Gewürmen gezähltes Thier [Suśruta 2, 288, 8.] — Vgl. pracalāka .
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Pracalāka (प्रचलाक):—(wohl wie eben)
1) m. a) das Bogenschiessen, = śarāghāta [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 18.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 196.] = śarāhata (!) [Hārāvalī 242.] — b) Pfauenschweif [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1320.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 87.] — c) Schlange [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī] ein anderes giftiges Thier [Suśruta 2, 257, 11. 108, 6.] —
2) f. pracalākā viell. heftiger Regenguss, Wolkenbruch [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 5, 11, 1.]
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Pracālaka (प्रचालक):—(vom caus. von cal mit pra) adj. am Ende eines comp. zittern machend, zitternd mit: kāya, bāhu, śīrṣa [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 197.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPracalaka (प्रचलक):—m. ein best. zu den giftigen Gewürmen gezähltes Thier.
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Pracalāka (प्रचलाक):——
1) m. — a) *das Bogenschiessen. — b) *Pfauenschweif. — c) *Pfauenkamm [Rājan 19,95.] — d) Chamäleon [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] — e) Schlange. —
2) f. pracalākā das Aufschnellen (intrans.) nach dem Comm.
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