Sanskrit Word List

Instruction in the art of dancing.

2 P. 1 To kill, slay; prāghā- niṣata rakṣāṃsi yenāptāni vane mama. na prahaṇmaḥ kathaṃ pāpaṃ vada pūrvāpakāriṇaṃ Bk. 9. 102.

2 To strike, beat, hit; gadāprahatatanuḥ

3 To...

Abandoning, omitting, quit- ting; Śi. 4. 55.

Killing, slaughter.

The moon.

prahanemiḥ is an alternate of prahaṇemiḥ. The moon.

f. 1 Abandoning.

2 De- ficiency, want.

The eighth part of a whole day, a watch (a period roughly reckoned at 3 hours); prahare prahare'sahoccāritāni gāmānayetyādipadāni na pramāṇaṃ T. S.

1 Striking, beating, hit- ting; Y. 3. 248.

2 Wounding, killing.

3 A stroke, blow, hit, knock, thump; R. 7. 44; muṣṭiprahāra, tala- prahāra &c.

4 A cut or thrust, as in...

1 A watch.

2 Striking the hours.

1 Striking, beating.

2 Cast- ing, throwing.

3 Assailing, attack- ing.

4 Hurting.

5 Removing, ex- pelling.

6 A weapon, missile; yā (urvaśī) sukumāraṃ praharaṇaṃ...

A desirable gift.

A missile, weapon.

m. 1 A watchman.

2 A bellman.

1 Extreme joy, exultation, rapture; guruḥ praharṣaḥ prababhūva nātmani R. 3. 17.

2 Erection of the male organ.

Enrapturing, making ex- tremely glad. ṇaḥ The planet Mercury.

1 Turmeric.

2 N. of a metre; see App. I.

praharṣiṇī is an alternate of praharṣaṇī. 1 Turmeric.

2 N. of a metre; see App. I.

The planet Mercury.

a. or s. 1 One who strikes or beats, an assailant.

2 Fighting, a combatant, fighter.

3 Shooting, a shooter, an archer.

1 P. 1 To laugh, smile; tataḥ prahasyāpabhayaḥ puraṃdaraṃ R. 3. 51.

2 To deride, ridicule, mock; hasaṃtaṃ praha- saṃtyetā rudaṃtaṃ prarudaṃti ca Subhāsh.

3 To brighten up,...

1 Violent or loud laughter.

2 Ridicule, derision.

3 Irony, satire.

4 A dancer, an actor.

5 N. of Śiva.

6 Appearance, display; Ve. 2. 28.

7 N. of a place of pil-...

A jester, buffoon.

1 A kind of jasmine(pṛ- thikā or vāsaṃtī q. v.).

2 A large fire- pan.

1 Loud or violent laugh- ter, laughing, mirth.

2 Ridicule, [Page0768-b+ 57] mockery, irony, joke; dhik prahasanaṃ U. 4.

3 Satire, satirical writing.

4 A farce, a kind of low...

a. 1 Causing laughter, amusing, diverting.

2 Joking, jesting.

3 Smiling with; Māl. 9. 15.

4 Shining, resplendent; Ku. 5. 37.

5 Satirical. m. A jester, buffoon.

p. p. 1 Laughing. taṃ Laughter, mirth.

1 The open hand with the fingers extended.

2 N. of a general of Rāvaṇa.

p. p. 1 Wounded, killed, slain.

2 Beaten, struck (as a drum); sa svayaṃ prahatapuṣkaraḥ kṛtī R. 19. 14; Me. 64.

3 Repulsed, overcome, de- feated.

4 Spread, expanded.

5...

Ved. A messenger.

Free or unrestrained be- haviour, loose conduct, playful dal- liance; Pt. 2. 44.

1 A kind of cake or sweetmeat.

2 A riddle; see prahelikā below.

f., prahelikā A riddle, an enigma, a conundrum. It is thus defined in the vidagdhamukhamaṃḍanaḥ-vya- ktīkṛtya kamapyarthaṃ svarūpārthasya gopanāt. yatra bāhyāṃtarāvarthau kathyete...

1 A kind of pastry (piṣṭaka).

2 Sweetmeats distributed at fes- tivals.

5 P. 1 To send forth, pro- pel.

2 To throw, discharge, shoot; vināśāttasya vṛkṣasya rakṣastasmai mahopalaṃ prajighāya R. 15. 21; Bk. 15. 121.

3 To send, despatch; harirasmai...

A well.

p. p. Left, quitted, aban- doned. ṇaṃ Destruction, removal, loss.

p. p. 1 Placed, put forth.

2 Extended, stretched out.

3 [Page0768-c+ 56] Sent, despatched, directed; vicāramā- rgaprahitena cetasā Ku. 5. 42.

4 Dis- charged, shot (as an...

1 A. To be greatly de- lighted, rejoice. Caus. To delight, exhilarate, gladden.

p. p. Delighted, joyful, pleased.

f. Pleasure, delight.

a. Gladdening, de- lighting; R. 13. 4. naṃ Causing joy or delight, gladdening, delight- ing; yathā prahLādanāccaṃdraḥ R. 4. 12.

The forenoon.

a. (nī f.) Relating to, or happening in, the forenoon.

ind. Very early in the morning.

1 P. 1 To strike, strike at, beat; lattayā praharati ‘kicks’; R. 5. 58; Ku. 3. 70; Bk. 9. 7.

2 To hurt, injure, wound (with loc.); ārtatrāṇāya vaḥ śastraṃ na prahartumanāgasi Ś....

1 Great joy, pleasure, delight, happiness.

2 Sound.

3 N. of a son of the demon Hiraṇya- Kaśipu. [According to the Padma- Purāṇa, he was a Brāhmaṇa in his pre- vious existence,...

1 Diminution, decrease.

2 Languishing, fading away.