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Pranash, Praṇaś: 2 definitions

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Pranash means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Praṇaś can be transliterated into English as Pranas or Pranash, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praṇaś (प्रणश्).�4 P.

1) To perish, die; स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात् प्रणश्यत� (smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśāt praṇaśⲹپ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.63; विद्युत् प्रणाश� � वर� प्रनष्टः (vidyut praṇāśa� sa vara� pranaṣṭa�) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.14.

2) To vanish, disappear.

3) To escape.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Praṇaś (प्रणश्):—[=-ṇaś] a (1 √nś) [Parasmaipada] -ṇaśپ, to reach, attain (only [Aorist] -ṇa and -Բśī), [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] b (2 √nś) [Parasmaipada] -ṇaśپ, or ṇaśⲹپ ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada] te; [future] -Բṅkṣyپ; [infinitive mood] -Բṣṭܳ, [Pāṇini 8-4, 36 [Scholiast or Commentator]]),

2) —to be lost, disappear, vanish, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to flee, escape, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :

2) —[Causal] -ṇāśyپ, to cause to disappear or perish, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;

2) —to allow to be lost id est. leave unrewarded, [Hitopadeśa]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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