Prayama, Prayāma: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrayāma (प्रयाम):—(von yam mit pra) m. = nīvāka Theuerung [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 23.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1518. -] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 120, 1] ist prayāma (lasst uns gehen) śīghraṃ zu schreiben, wie schon [SCHÜTZ] zu [Meghadūta 32.] bemerkt hat.
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Prāyāma (प्रायाम):—in saprāyāma adj. als Beiw. des Windes [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 100, 21]; die andere Recension ( [91, 24]) liest st. dessen supriyātman . Wohl fehlerhaft.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrayāma (प्रयाम):—m. = nīvāka [Mṛcchakaṭika 120,1.ist] prayāma śīghram zu trennen.
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Prāyāma (प्रायाम):—in sa als Beiw. des Windes wohl fehlerhaft.
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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