Prakanda, Prakāṇḍa, Prakamda: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrakāṇḍa (प्रकाण्ड):—(1. pra + kā)
1) m. n. der Stamm eines Baumes (von der Wurzel bis zu den Aesten) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 10.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 114.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1120.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 182.] [Medinīkoṣa ḍ. 31.] [Halāyudha 2, 27.] prakāṇḍāni [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 48.] mastaka [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1119.] a adj. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 9.] Keśava’s Wörterbuch, Kalpadru genannt, zerfällt in skandha, kāṇḍa und prakāṇḍa, [Oxforder Handschriften No. 433.] prakāṇḍa = viṭapa Ast [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) m. Oberarm (vgl. pragaṇḍa) [Halāyudha 2, 378.] —
3) m. n. am Ende eines comp. etwas Ausgezeichnetes in seiner Art [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 5.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1441.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 223.] [GUṆARATNAM.] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 66.] goprakāṇḍam eine vorzügliche Kuh [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 66,] [Scholiast] mantriprakāṇḍaḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 260.] dantaprakāṇḍeṣu [Kumārasaṃbhava 15,10] in [Oxforder Handschriften 117,a.] Mit angefügtem ka dass.: rakṣaḥprakāṇḍakau [Bhaṭṭikavya 5, 6.]
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Prakāṇḍa (प्रकाण्ड):—
3) mahāvīra [UTTARARĀMAC. 107, 6 (145, 3).]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrakāṇḍa (प्रकाण्ड):——
1) m. n. — a) der Stamm eines Baumes von der Wurzel bis zu den Aesten. — b) ein kleinerer Abschnitt in einem Werke ( skandha , kāṇḍā , prakāṇḍa). — c) am Ende eines Comp. etwas Ausgezeichnetes in seiner Art [Bālarāmāyaṇa 272,13.] —
2) *m. Oberarm.
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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Starts with: Prakandaka, Prakandara.
Ends with: Aprakanda, Ashvaprakanda, Goprakanda, Mantriprakanda.
Full-text: Goprakanda, Prakandaka, Prakandara, Mantriprakanda, Payanda, Aprakanda, Praganda, Ashvaprakanda, Gomacarcika, Prakamda, Prashamsya, Prakand, Pirakantam, Kalpadrukosha, Gulma.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
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Verse 3.5.573 < [Chapter 5 - The Pastimes of Nityānanda]
Verse 3.4.29 < [Chapter 4 - Descriptions of Śrī Acyutānanda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Śrī Mādhavendra]
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