Pracurya, Prācurya: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrācurya (प्राचुर्य):—(von pracura) n. Vielheit, Menge [BĀDAR. 1, 1, 13.] [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 21.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 103.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 113, 26.] [Pañcatantra 253, 22. 254, 22.] prācuryeṇa in Masse [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 134, 53.] ausführlich [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 3. 9, 1, 7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrācurya (प्राचुर्य):—n. —
1) Vielheit , Menge , Instr. zum grössten Theil , fast insgesammt [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 134,53.] —
2) Ausführlichkeit comm. zu [Prātiśākhya] Instr. ausführlich. —
3) allgemeine Verbreitung , — Gangbarkeit [Rājataraṃgiṇī 3,153.Śaṃkarācārya .zu] [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtra 3,2,33.]
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: Prastavapracurya, Udgarapracurya.
Full-text: Pracuryena, Udgarapracurya, Prachury, Prachurya, Playa, Pracandya, Pravrishenya, Pracura.
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