Pran, Prāṇ: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrāṇ (प्राण्):—(von an mit pra) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 4, 20,] [Scholiast]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPraṇ (प्रण्):—, pṛṇati s.u. 1. par.
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Prāṅ (प्राङ्):—s.u. prañc.
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Prāṇ (प्राण्):—Adj. athmend.
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 (+723): Paramgihalasu, Pragabhava, Pragbhara, Pragbharata, Praggrihastha, Prajanana, Prakkarman, Pramcita, Pramjalate, Pramshu, Pramtalopa, Pramtarakshaka, Pramtu, Pramtya, Pran-dang-araung, Prana, Prana Vayu Mudra, Prana-dakshinya, Prana-pratishta, Prana-sameta.
Full-text (+200): Pranmukha, Pranmukhakarana, Prans, Prannyaya, Pranmukhatva, Prannayana, Pranshayin, Pranisha, Prannyayottara, Pran-dang-araung, Prannasiki, Pranatha, Pranayata, Anupran, Prac, Pranc, Adhahpranshayin, Abhipranana, Pragvritta, Pranantikam.
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