Prastara, Prastāra: 24 definitions

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

Prastara (प्रस्तर):—(von star mit pra) m.

1) stramentum, Streu um darauf zu sitzen, im Ritual gewöhnlich ein Büschel Gras oder Schilf, [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 163.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 682,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 572.] [Halāyudha 5, 32.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] i.aṃ yama prasta.amā hi sīda [Ṛgveda 10, 14, 4.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 16, 2, 6.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 18, 63.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 7, 4, 4.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 26. 2, 3.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 3, 3, 5.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 1, 26. 8, 1, 13. 22, 10, 24.] śayyā mṛduprastarāḥ [Prabodhacandrodaja 48, 17.] barhiḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 32,] [Scholiast] iṣṭakāprastare caiva kaṇṭakaprastare tathā .. bhasmaprastaraśāyī ca [Mahābhārata 12, 11272. fg.] rākṣasairvikṣatāṅgāśca vānarā prastarā bhuvi . rudhirasravaṇaiḥ santu gairikāṇāmivākarāḥ .. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 83, 12.] —

2) Fläche, Ebene: prāsāda [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 204.] parvata [Mahābhārata 3, 10914.] giri [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 75, 49.] prastareṣu ca ramyeṣu vividhāḥ kānanadrumāḥ [79, 5.] —

3) Stein [Amarakoṣa 2, 3, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1035.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa r. 181.] [Halāyudha 2, 13.] prastaraghaṭanopakaraṇa [?5, 35. Hitopadeśa JOHNS. 1437.] Vgl. agni . —

4) Edelstein [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

5) Paragraph, Abschnitt in einem Werke [Oxforder Handschriften 211,a,7.] —

6) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes, v.l. für pracara [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 44, 12.] —

7) wohl nur fehlerhaft für prastāra [Weber’s Indische Studien 8,] [?426; vgl. WILSON] prastara [5. 6.]

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Prastāra (प्रस्तार):—(von star mit pra) m. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 32. 6, 2, 144.]

1) das Ausstreuen, Auslegen: śaṅkha, maṇi [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 32,] [Scholiast] (bhāgīrathī) maṇiprabālaprastārā so v. a. bestreut, belegt mit [Mahābhārata 3, 11063.] —

2) Streu, Polster [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 572.] [Hārāvalī 172.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] adhaḥ prastāraśayane śayānaḥ [Harivaṃśa 1092.] —

3) Fläche: suprastāraśilātala [Harivaṃśa 6955.] —

4) ein grasreicher Wald [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1111.] —

5) die Aufzählung oder Darstellung aller möglichen Combinationen eines Metrums u.s.w. [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 425. fgg. 444.] [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 515, 2.] [Algebra 125.] —

6) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten, eines Sohnes des Udgītha, [Viṣṇupurāṇa 165.] Die richtige Form ist prastāva. saprastāraṃ [Harivaṃśa 11361] fehlerhaft für prastotāraṃ . Vgl. prāstārika .

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Prastara (प्रस्तर):—

3) [UTTARARĀMAC. 54, 8 (70, 2).] [VṚDDHA-KĀṆ. 12, 16.]

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Prastāra (प्रस्तार):—

1) wohl Bez. eines best. Processes, dem Mineralien unterworfen werden, [Oxforder Handschriften 321,b,1 v. u.]

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

Prastara (प्रस्तर):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —

1) stramentum , Streu um darauf zu sitzen ; im Ritual ein Büschel Gras oder Schilf , eine Streu von (im Ritual ein Büschel Gras oder Schilf ; eine Streu von (im Comp. vorangehend). —

2) Fläche , Ebene.

3) Stein [Indische sprüche 7864.] —

4) *Edelstein.

5) *ein lederner Beutel Comm. zu [Mṛcchakaṭika 71,3,4.] —

6) Paragraph , Abschnitt in einem Werke.

7) Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes. —

8) [Indische studien von Weber 8,425] wohl fehlerhaft in der Bed. prastāra 7).

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Prastāra (प्रस्तार):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —

1) Ausbreitung , so v.a. Uebermaass , hoher Grad [Indische sprüche 7732.] —

2) Streu , Polster.

3) Schicht [Pāṇini. 3,3,32,Sch.] [Śulbasūtra 2,25.3,32.] —

4) Treppe (zu einem Wasser) [Mahābhārata 3,145,50.] —

5) Fläche [Harivaṃśa 9655.] v.l. prastara [2,64,40.] —

6) *ein grasreicher Wald.

7) die Aufzählung oder Darstellung aller möglichen Combination eines Metrums u.s.w. —

8) wohl Bez. eines best. Processes , dem Mineralien unterworfen werden.

9) ein best. Tact [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 215.] —

10) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten. v.l. prastāva.

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