Praphulla: 17 definitions
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Praphulla means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Prafull.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ) refers to 鈥渂looming鈥� (viz., of a flower), as mentioned in a list of twenty-six synonyms, according to the second chapter (诲丑补谤补峁噛腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dhara峁噛膩di-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation鈥檚 relations between trees [viz., Praphulla] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam鈥擯lant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ) refers to the 鈥渇ully-blown flowers鈥� which are used in various bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis such as manipulating the scent of flowers, according to the 痴峁沰峁Ｄ乱耻谤惫别诲补 by S奴rap膩la (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淎ll types of flowering plants produce excellent fragrance if earth strongly scented by their own flowers (praphulla-kusuma) is filled around the base (of the trees) and then fed with water mixed with Cyperus rotundus, Erythrina stricta, and Valeriana wallichii leaves. The same treatment used in the evening at their blossoming time along with fat, milk, blood and water extract of Saussurea lappa intensifies the natural fragrance of the blossoms of Calophyllum inophyllum, Mesua ferrea, Mimusops elengi, etc.鈥�.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ) refers to 鈥渇ull-blown and blossomed鈥� (viz., trees or lotuses), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.2.22. Accordingly as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada:鈥斺�淸...] On the top of the mountain near the city of Him膩laya (艣补颈濒补谤腻箩补辫耻谤补), 艢iva sported about for a long time in the company of Sat墨. [...] It shone with grassy plains and plenty of trees. There were various flowers in abundance. It had many lakes. The boughs of the full-blown and blossomed (praphulla) trees (taru) were surrounded by humming bees. Lotuses and blue lilies were in full bloom (praphulla)鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)Praphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ) refers to the 鈥渂looming (of flowers)鈥�, according to the Bh奴艣alyas奴trap膩tananimittavidhi section of Jagaddarpa峁嘺鈥檚 膧c膩ryakriy膩samuccaya, a text within Tantric Buddhism dealing with construction manual for monasteries etc.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Having praised [the cord] with the sounds of a bell, auspicious song, conch shell, and bamboo flute, the donor should offer guest water [to the cord] together with jewels, gold, and fragrant flowers, which are blooming and beautiful (praphulla-ujjvala), and mixed with the juice extracted from the sprouts of the 补颈谤补苍诲丑谤墨办补谤补鈥�.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ).鈥攑 S praphullita p (S) Blown or expanded.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ).鈥�p praphullita p Blown or expanded.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ).鈥�p. p.
1) Full-blown, blossoming, blooming; 啶� 啶灌た 啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ啶� 啶膏す啶曕ぞ啶班ぎ啷囙い啷嵿く 啶掂啶曕啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶權啶曕啶粪い啶� 啶粪啷嵿お啶︵ぞ啶侧 (na hi praphulla峁� sahak膩rametya v峁沰峁Ｄ乶tara峁� k膩峁卥峁ti 峁峁璸ad膩l墨) R.6.69;2. 29; Kum膩rasambhava 3.45;7.11.
2) Expanded or dilated like a full-blown flower (as eyes).
3) Smiling.
4) Shining.
5) Gay, cheerful, pleased.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ).鈥攎fn.
(-濒濒补岣�-濒濒腻-濒濒补峁�) 1. Blown, as flower. 2. Smiling. 3. Shining. 4. Glad, pleased. E. pra before, phulla flowered.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ).鈥擺adjective] blossomed, blooming, expanded, opened.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Praphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ):鈥擺from pra-phulta] mfn. (See 鈭�phull. phal) blooming forth, blooming, blown, [Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] covered with blossoms or flowers, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺; Hariva峁兣沘]
3) [v.s. ...] expanded, opened wide (like a full-blown flower), shining, smiling, cheerful, pleased (See [compound])
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ):鈥擺pra-phulla] (lla岣�-ll膩-lla峁�) a. Blown, expanded; smiling, glad; shining.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Praphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 笔补峁僷丑耻濒濒补, Papphulla.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ) [Also spelled prafull]:鈥�(a) blooming, blossomed; cheerful, gay, delighted; hence ~[迟腻] (nf); ~[nayana/netra] gleaming/beaming eyes; gay-eyed; ~[mukha/vadana] gay-looking; cheerful/beaming face.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPraphulla (嗖硩嗖班搏喑佮膊喑嵿膊):鈥�
1) [adjective] blown, expanded, bloomed, blossomed well (said of a flower).
2) [adjective] highly pleased; elated with joy.
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Praphulla (嗖硩嗖班搏喑佮膊喑嵿膊):鈥擺noun] that which is blown, expanded well (as a flower).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPraphulla (啶啶班か啷佮げ啷嵿げ):鈥攁dj. 1. full-blown; well blossomed; 2. cheerful; gay; pleased; smiling;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Praphullaka, Praphullaka, Praphullakusuma, Praphullalocana, Praphullamukha, Praphullana, Praphullanagavant, Praphullanagavat, Praphullanayana, Praphullanetra, Praphullate, Praphullavadana, Praphullojjvala.
Full-text (+5): Praphulta, Praphullavadana, Praphullanayana, Praphullanetra, Prafull, Praphullanagavat, Praphullalocana, Praphullita, Pamphulla, Phulla, Praphullakusuma, Prafullit, Full, Papphulla, Lodhra, Viphal, Lodha, Sampraphulla, Rajiva, Phal.
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Search found 17 books and stories containing Praphulla, Pra-phulla; (plurals include: Praphullas, phullas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada D膩sa)
Text 7.35 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 10.65 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by 艢r墨la R奴pa Gosv膩m墨)
Verse 3.5.23 < [Part 5 - Conjugal Love (m膩dhurya-rasa)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by 艢r墨 艢r墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja)
Verse 2.1.164 < [Chapter 1 - Vair膩gya (renunciation)]
Verse 1.6.64 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 2.7.3-5 < [Chapter 7 - Kidnapping of the Calves and Cowherd Boys]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati D膩sa)
Verse 3.1.282 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of 艢r墨 Advaita 膧c膩rya]
Verse 2.19.47-048 < [Chapter 19 - The Lord鈥檚 Pastimes in Advaita鈥檚 House]
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 2.14 < [Chapter 2 - One鈥檚 Own Form of the Hor膩s]