Pracanda, Pracaṇḍā, Pracaṇḍa, Pracamda: 31 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPracaṇḍa (प्रचण्ड):—(1. pra + ca)
1) adj. f. ā überaus heftig. ungestüm, leidenschaftlich, wüthend; = pratāpin [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 182.] [Medinīkoṣa ḍ. 31.] = durvaha [Medinīkoṣa] dinakarakiraṇa [Mṛcchakaṭikā 2, 12.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 1. 10.] pracaṇḍātapa [11.] [Spr. 3053.] vahniratipracaṇḍa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 19, 7.] tejas [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 7, 21.] manyu [3, 18, 9.] anila [Prabodhacandrodaja 3, 14.] puṣpāyudhaṃ durādharṣaṃ pracaṇḍaśarakārmukam [Mahābhārata 1, 6576. 4, 399.] śaktiṃ samarapracaṇḍām [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 35, 5.] tapas [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 121, 39.] rākṣasānīkamatipracaṇḍam [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 36, 83.] pracaṇḍātiratha [Harivaṃśa 5943.] caṇḍikā [Oxforder Handschriften 96,a,8.] nāyaka [Sāhityadarpana 67.] mṛgarāja [Spr. 2091.] fürchterlich. Grausen erregend: ghoṇa [Mahābhārata 3, 15701.] vadanā [Dhūrtasamāgama 85, 1.] —
2) m. a) weissblühender Oleander [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Nomen proprium eines Dānava [Kathāsaritsāgara 47, 19.] eines Koboldes [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 51, 108. 111.] eines Sohnes des Vatsaprī und der Sunandā [118, 2.] —
3) f. ā a) weissblühende Dūrvā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) eine Form oder Śakti der Durgā [Oxforder Handschriften 25,b, Nalopākhyāna 5. 39,b,21.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPracaṇḍa (प्रचण्ड):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) überaus heftig , — ungestüm , — leidenschaftlich , — wüthend , — grimmig , — grausig. —
2) m. — a) *weiss blühender Oleander. — b) Nomen proprium verschiedener Unholde. —
3) f. ā — a) *weiss blühendes Dūrvā-Gras [Rājan 8,111.] — b) eine Form oder Śakti der Durgā.
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Starts with (+10): Pracanda-kanikkai, Pracanda-tuphana, Pracandabhairava, Pracandabhairavarasa, Pracandacandika, Pracandacandikasahasranamastotra, Pracandadeva, Pracandagaruda, Pracandaghona, Pracandaka, Pracandamadhava, Pracandamadhava kashmira, Pracandamartanda, Pracandamurti, Pracandamurtti, Pracandapandava, Pracandarupa, Pracandasena, Pracandashakti, Pracandasharakarmuka.
Ends with: Apracanda, Atipracanda, Candapracanda, Mahapracanda.
Full-text (+114): Payanda, Pracandata, Pracandaghona, Pracandacandikasahasranamastotra, Pracandatapa, Pracandamurtti, Pracandacandika, Pracandavarman, Pracandashakti, Pracandashephas, Pracandasurya, Pracandavadana, Pracandataribhu, Pracandadeva, Pracandabhairava, Pracandamadhava, Pracandasena, Pracandamurti, Pracandapandava, Pracandasharakarmuka.
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