Pranadharana, Prāṇadhāraṇa, Prana-dharana: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण):—(1. prāṇa + dhā) n. das Aufrechterhalten des Lebensathems, Erhaltung —, Fristung des Lebens: svadhiṣṭhyānāmekadeśe manasā ṇam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 28, 6.] mātreṇa śakyaṃ kartuṃ tapastvayā [Mahābhārata 14, 2748. 673. 680.] [Harivaṃśa 1204.] paścāccakre sā ṇam sie sorgte für die Erhaltung des Lebens d. i. nahm Speise zu sich [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 96, 37] (dhāraṇā [105, 36] [Gorresio]). sa bhūyaḥ saṃśayo jātaḥ sītāyāḥ ṇe so v. a. ob sie lebt [3, 63, 6.] nikṣiptaṃ hi mukhe ratnaṃ na kuryāt ṇam [Spr. 1328.] mama kāyena ṇaṃ kṛtvā [Pañcatantra 71, 7. 236, 21.] Mittel zur Erhaltung des Lebens: evaṃ bhānumayaṃ hyannaṃ bhūtānāṃ ṇam [Mahābhārata 3, 139.] nopalebhe ṇamātmanaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 34, 17.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण):——
1) n. — a) das Aufrechterhalten des Lebensathems , Erhaltung — , Fristung des Lebens , das am Leben Bleiben oder — Sein. Acc. mit kar Act. Jmd am Leben erhalten , mit kar Med. für die Erhaltung seines Lebens sorgen , so v.a. Speise zu sich nehmen. — b) Mittel zur Erhaltung des Lebens. —
2) f. ā = 1)a). Acc. mit kar Med. Speise zu sich nehmen.
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: Dharana, Prana, Tarana.
Full-text: Tavanmatra, Tarpana, Kar.
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