Prashakha, Praśākha, Praśakhā: 11 definitions
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Prashakha has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Praśākha and Praśakhā can be transliterated into English as Prasakha or Prashakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPraśākha (प्रशाख):—(1. pra + śākhā)
1) adj. grosse Aeste habend: vṛkṣa [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 177,] [Scholiast] —
2) Bez. des fünften Stadiums des Embryo, da sich Hände und Füsse bilden, [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 101.] praśaka [WASSILJEW.]
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Praśākhā (प्रशाखा):—(1. pra + śākhā) f.
1) Zweig: śākhāpraśākhāvipula (pādapa) [Mahābhārata 8, 1068. 11, 139] [?(?). 12, 3552. 5861. Rāmāyaṇa 5, 29, 21. 6, 79, 5. Spr. 840.] —
2) wohl Extremität (beim Körper) [Suśruta 2, 31, 10.]
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Praśākhā (प्रशाखा):—
1) [?Z. 2 Mahābhārata 11, 139] gehört wohl zu 2); [Nīlakaṇṭha] : praśākhāsu bālyayauvanādyavasthāsu .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPraśākha (प्रशाख):——
1) Adj. grosse Aeste habend. —
2) Bez. des fünften Stadiums des Embryo , da sich Hände und Füsse bilden. praśākhā s. bes.
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Praśākhā (प्रशाखा):—f. —
1) Zweig. —
2) wohl Extremität (am Körper).
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: Prashakhavant, Prashakhavat.
Ends with: Shakha-prashakha.
Full-text: Prashakhika, Avashakha, Pasaha, Prashaka, Prashakhavat, Pratishakham, Prashakhavant, Pasakha.
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