Prasravani, Prasravaṇī: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPrasravaṇī (प्रस्रवणी).—(compare Sanskrit °ṇa, nt., flowing forth, flux, and according to [Boehtlingk and Roth] spring, well; in Lalitavistara 77.10 sarvanadī ca prasra- vaṇāni ca na vahanti sma, it seems more likely to mean stream), stream, water-course: nadīyo ca °ṇīyo ca Mahāvastu i.360.20. In Mahāvyutpatti 8928 sadā-prasravaṇī, a woman who is constantly menstruating (Tibetan rtag tu zla mtshan zag pa), may be interpreted as a fem. [bahuvrīhi], having a constant flux, to Sanskrit °ṇa, above.
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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