Prasravana, ʰṇa, Prashravana, ʰṇa: 15 definitions
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In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śstraʰṇa (प्रस्रवण) is a Sanskrit word referring to a “small water-spring running down from hills�. It could also refer to the “water-fall� (water flowing down a mountain-side). The word is used throughout Dharmaśstra literature such as the ѲԳܲṛt. (also see the ѲԳܲṣy verse 4.203)
ʰṇa (प्रस्रवण) refers to “water-streams other than rivers�. These should be built by the King on boundary-links between two villages. (See the ѲԳܲṣy, verse 8.248)

Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्�, dharmaśstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translationʰṇa (प्रस्रवण) refers to “springs and pools�, and is used to describe the mountain Kailsa (the auspicious excellent mountainous abode of Śiva), according to the Śivapurṇa 2.2.40.—Accordingly, as Brahm narrated to Nrada:—“[...] accompanied by the gods, sages, Brahm and others Viṣṇu went to Kailsa, the auspicious excellent mountainous abode of Śiva. [...] Many kinds of deer roamed and many kinds of birds hovered there. The celestial and Siddha damsels sported about in different springs and pools (i.e., Ჹ-ṇa) along with their husbands and lovers. It contained many caves and ridges. It shone with various kinds of trees and had a silver lustre�.

The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms1) ʰṇa (प्रास्रव�):—Small falls - Arising from mountains, this water is light, carminative and good for heart.
2) ʰṇa (प्रस्रवण):—[prasravaṇaṃ] Discharge

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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: academia.edu: Rare Sanskrit Words from the Commentary on the Bṛhat-kalpa-bhṣyaʰśṇa (प्रश्रवण) refers to “urine�.—In his publication for the Journal of Jaina Studies, Yutaka Kawasaki collected in a non-definite list several rare Sanskrit words (e.g., śṇa) from Malayagiri’s and Kṣemakīrti’s commentaries on the Bṛhatkalpabhṣya: a 6th century commentary on monastic discipline authored by Svetambara Jain exegete Saṅghadsa.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʰṇa (प्रस्रवण).�
1) Flowing or gushing forth, trickling, oozing, dripping.
2) Flow or discharge of milk from the breast or udder; (ṛkṣa) घटस्तनप्रस्रवणैर्व्यवर्धयत� (ṭaٲԲṇaⲹⲹ) Ku. 5.14.
3) A fall of water, cascade, cataract.
4) A spring, fountain; नानामलप्रस्रवणैः (峾ṇa�) Bhgavata 4.6.11; समाचित� प्रस्रवणैः समन्तत� (samcit prasravaṇai� samantata�) Ṛtusaṃhra 2.16; ѲԳܲṛt 8.248; Y.1.159.
5) A spout.
6) A pool formed by the mountain streams.
7) Sweat, perspiration.
8) Voiding urine.
-ṇa� Name of a mountain; जनस्थानमध्यग� गिरि� प्रस्रवण� ना� (janasthnamadhyago giri� prasravaṇo nma) Uttararmacarita 1.
Derivable forms: ṇa (प्रस्रवणम्).
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ʰṇa (प्रास्रव�).�a. (-ṇ� f.) Derived from a spring.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰśṇa (प्रश्रवण).—n.
(-ṇa�) 1. A fountain, a cascade, a water-fall. 2. Oozing, flowing. 3. A range of mountains in the south, part of the western Ghats. E. pra before, ś to ooze or drop, aff. lyu� .
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ʰṇa (प्रस्रवण).—n.
(-ṇa�) 1. A pool of water formed by dripping of springs in the mountains. 2. Dripping or fall of water, cascade, cataract. 3. Washing away of rocks, &c. by the dripping of water. 4. Oozing, leaking, dripping. m.
(-ṇa�) 1. Sweat, perspiration. 2. Pissing, urining. 3. Flowing of milk from a breast or an udder. 4. A range of mountains in the peninsula; also Malayavan. E. pra before, sru to drop, aff. �; also śṇa .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰṇa (प्रस्रवण).—i. e. pra-sru + ana, I. n. 1. Washing away of rocks. 2. Oozing, [Nala] 13, 7. 3. A cascade [Բśٰ] 4, 203 ([Kullūka Schol. ed. [Բśٰ]]); spring, [Իǰ岵Բ] 1, 25; 27. 4. A pool of water, formed by dripping of springs. 5. A pure stream, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahbhrata.] 9, 9. 6. Sweat, perspiration. Ii. m. The name of a range of mountains, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 55, 44.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰṇa (प्रस्रवण).—[neuter] flowing fort, efflux; spring (also [masculine]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʰśṇa (प्रश्रवण):—a [wrong reading] for -ṇa.
2) [=-śṇa] [from pra-ś] b See above.
3) ʰṇa (प्रस्रवण):—[=-ṇa] [from pra-srava > pra-sru] n. (sometimes [wrong reading] śṇa) streaming or gushing forth, trickling, oozing, effusion, discharge, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (often ifc., with f(). )
4) [v.s. ...] the flowing of milk from the udder, [Yjñavalkya; Mrkaṇḍeya-purṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] milk, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
6) [v.s. ...] sweat, perspiration, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] voiding urine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] a well or spring, [Manu-smṛti; Yjñavalkya; Ṛtusaṃhra]
9) [v.s. ...] a cascade, cataract, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] a spout, the projecting mouth of a vessel (out of which any fluid is poured), [Ṛg-veda]
11) [v.s. ...] (also with plkṣa n.) Name of a place where the Sarasvatī takes its rise, [???; Mahbhrata; Rjataraṅgiṇī]
12) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [v.s. ...] of a range of mountains on the confines of Malaya, [峾ⲹṇa]
14) ʰśṇa (प्राश्रव�):—[=pr-śṇa] [from pr] [varia lectio] for -ṇa m.
15) ʰṇa (प्रास्रव�):—[=pr-ṇa] [from pr] mf(ī)n. coming from a spring (as water), [Suśta]
16) [v.s. ...] m. (with ṣa) the source of the Sarasvatī or the place where the S° reappears, [Tṇḍya-brhmaṇa; ???]
17) [v.s. ...] [patronymic] [from] -ṇa, [Śṅkhyana-brhmaṇa] ([varia lectio] prśr).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʰśṇa (प्रश्रवण):—[-śṇa] (ṇa�) 1. n. A fountain, a cascade; a oozing; part of the western Ghts of Hindustn.
2) ʰṇa (प्रस्रवण):—[-ṇa] (ṇa�) 1. m. A range of mountains in the peninsula; sweat; urining. n. Water; oozing.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ʰṇa (प्रस्रवण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Psavaṇa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusʰṇa (ಪ್ರಸ್ರವಣ):�
1) [noun] a steep fall of water, as of a stream, from a height on a hill; a cascade.
2) [noun] a steep fall of water, as of a river, from a height, on its course; a waterfall.
3) [noun] a flow of water from the ground; a spring; a fountain.
4) [noun] sweat, discharged through the pores of the skin.
5) [noun] discharged urine or the process of discharging it.
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 Dictionaryʰśṇa (प्रश्रवण):—n. hearing; listening;
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)
Partial matches: Shravana, Pra.
Starts with: Prasravanajala, Prasravanasika.
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