Alternative spellings of this word include Falahar.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Phalāhāra (फलाहार).—A Pravara (Angiras).^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 196. 16.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

phalāhāra (फलाहार).—m See pharāḷa.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Phalāhāra (फलाहार).—feeding or living on fruits, fruit-meal.

Derivable forms: phalāhāraḥ (फलाहारः).

Phalāhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms phala and āhāra (आहार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Phalāhāra (फलाहार).—adj., f. rī, in order to fetch fruits, [Sāvitryupākhyāna] 4, 23.

Phalāhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms phala and āhāra (आहार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Phalāhāra (फलाहार).—[adjective] living on fruits.

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

Phalāhāra (फलाहार):—[from phala > phal] m. feeding or living on f°, [Suśruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Phalahara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Phalāhāra (फलाहार) [Also spelled falahar]:—(nm) fruitarian diet; subsisting on a diet of fruits alone.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Phalahāra (ಫಲಹಾರ):—[noun] = (rightly) ಫಲಾಹಾರ [phalahara].

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Phalāhāra (ಫಲಾಹಾರ):—

1) [noun] a taking of fruits only for food.

2) [noun] a light meal.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Phala, Ahara.

Starts with: Phalaharaka, Phalaharamamdira.

Full-text: Phalara, Pharala, Palakaram, Falahar, Pharara, Phalasha, Ahara.

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