Prapatana, Prapātana: 8 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Prapatana (प्रपतन):—(von 1. pat mit pra) n.

1) das Davonfliegen; s. haṃsa . —

2) das Fallen, Hinabstürzen, Niederstürzen, Stürzen in [Suśruta 1, 277, 10. 290, 5.] divaḥ prapatanaṃ bhānorurvyāmiva [Mahābhārata 8, 222.] vidyut [Harivaṃśa 3664.] apāṃ prapatanāsevī [Mahābhārata 13, 1715.] st. marutprapatanaṃ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 40, 3] ist wohl marupra das Sichhinabwerfen von einem Felsen zu lesen. jala [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 154.] — —

3) ein jäher Felsen gaṇa bhīmādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 74.] — Vgl. aśva und prapāta .

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Prapātana (प्रपातन):—(vom caus. von 1. pat mit pra) n. das Fallenmachen, Niederwerfen, zu-Boden-Werfen [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 42, 13.] akṣa das Würfeln [Harivaṃśa 9141.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Prapatana (प्रपतन):—n.

1) das Davonfliegen.

2) das Fallen , Hinabstürzen ([Gautama's Dharmaśāstra]) Niederstürzen , Stürzen von (Abl. oder im Comp. vorangehend) , in (Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend). vidyut das Fallen eines Blitzes [232,17.] —

3) *ein jäher Felsen.

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Prapātana (प्रपातन):—n.

1) das Fallenmachen , Niederwerfen , zu Boden Werfen

2) das Richten — , Wenden (des Auges) in akṣa.

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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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