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Prapatana, ʰٲԲ: 8 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Prapatana in Ayurveda glossary
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Prapatana (प्रपतन):—Falling of

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Prapatana in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prapatana (प्रपतन).�

1) Flying forth or away.

2) Throwing oneself into, falling down.

3) Alighting.

4) Death, destruction.

5) A precipice, a steep crag.

6) Assualt; लीयन्त� यत्र शत्रुप्रपतनविवशा� कोटिशः शूरकीटा� (līyante yatra śatruprapatanavivaśā� koṭiśa� śūrakīṭāḥ) Mv.6.32.

Derivable forms: prapatanam (प्रपतनम्).

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ʰٲԲ (प्रपात�).—Causing to fall, throwing down (on the ground).

Derivable forms: ٲԲ (प्रपातनम�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prapatana (प्रपतन).—[neuter] flying forwards or falling down.

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ʰٲԲ (प्रपात�).—[neuter] causing to fall, throwing down.

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

1) Prapatana (प्रपतन):—[=pra-patana] [from pra-pat] n. flying forth or away, [Mahābhārata] (cf. ṃs-)

2) [v.s. ...] flying or falling down, falling from ([ablative] or [compound]) or into ([locative case] or [compound]), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Mahābhārata] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] a steep rock, precipice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] death, destruction, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) ʰٲԲ (प्रपात�):—[=-ٲԲ] [from pra-pāta > pra-pat] n. ([from] [Causal]) causing to fall, throwing down, [Rāmāyaṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] throwing, casting (ṣa-, ‘c°-dice�), [Harivaṃśa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prapatana (प्रपतन):—[pra-patana] (Բ�) 1. n. Falling; death.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Prapatana (प्रपतन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ʲḍaṇa, ʲḍaṇayā, ʲḍhṇ�.

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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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