Pranadakshina, Prāṇadakṣiṇā, Prana-dakshina: 4 definitions
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Pranadakshina has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Prāṇadakṣiṇā can be transliterated into English as Pranadaksina or Pranadakshina, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrāṇadakṣiṇā (प्राणदक्षिणा):—(1. prāṇa + da) f. das Geschenk des Lebens: dehi me ṇām [Kathāsaritsāgara 49, 117.] [Pañcatantra ed. orn. 231, 20.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrāṇadakṣiṇā (प्राणदक्षिणा):—f. das Geschenk des Leben [Pañcatantra 23,1,20.]
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: Dakshina, Prana.
Full-text: Purvadakshina, Dakshina.
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