Pragdvara, Prāgdvāra, Prac-dvara: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrāgdvāra (प्राग्द्वार):—1. (prāñc + dvāra) n. dvāre so v. a. vorn an der Thür [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 78, 5.]
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Prāgdvāra (प्राग्द्वार):—2. (wie eben) adj. dessen Thür nach Osten geht [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 24. 34.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 16, 3, 14. 26, 1, 14.] Bez. der 7 von Kṛttikā gerechneten Mondhäuser [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 13 (14).] [WEBER,] [NAKṢ. II, 377, Nalopākhyāna 1.] In derselben Bed. prāgdvārika [BHAṬṬOTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 13 (14).]
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Prāgdvāra (प्राग्द्वार):—1. , vedi [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 63.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrāgdvāra (प्राग्द्वार):—1. n. —
1) der Platz von einer Thür. —
2) eine Thür nach Osten [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,11.]
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Prāgdvāra (प्राग्द्वार):—2. Adj. —
1) dessen Thür oder Eingang nach Osten geht [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtra 6,2.] —
2) Bez. der sieben von Kṛttikā gerechneten Mondhäuser.
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: Prag, Prac, Dvara.
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