Pracchaya, Pracchāya: 10 definitions
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Pracchaya 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.
Pracchaya has 8 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Prachchhaya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPracchāya (प्रच्छाय):—(1. pra + chāyā) n. ein schattiger Ort, Schatten: ihopaviśa pracchāye [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 36.] sulabhanidra (divasa) [Śākuntala 3.] sa phullasya kadambasya pracchāye niṣasāda ha [Harivaṃśa 5410.]
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Pracchāya (प्रच्छाय):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 184.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPracchāya (प्रच्छाय):—(wohl n. ) ein schattiger Ort , Schatten.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Ends with: Apracchaya.
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