Pre: 4 definitions
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Pre means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Pre in India is the name of a plant defined with Calamus erectus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Palmijuncus macrocarpus (Griff. ex Mart.) Kuntze (among others).
2) Pre is also identified with Calamus latifolius It has the synonym Palmijuncus humilis (Roxb.) Kuntze (etc.).
3) Pre is also identified with Desmodium elegans It has the synonym Meibomia tiliifolia Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden (Calcutta) (1908)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ ed. 1832 (1832)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1869)
· Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (1853)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano (1910)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPre (प्रे).—(pra-i) 2 P.
1) To go forward.
2) To arrive at, reach.
3) To go out of, depart from; धीराः प्रेत्यास्माल्लोका- दमृता भवन्ति (dhīrāḥ pretyāsmāllokā- damṛtā bhavanti) Ken.
4) (Hence) to die, depart life; प्रेत्य (pretya) 'after death'; see प्रेत्य (pretya) below.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPre (प्रे).—go onward, set out, advance proceed; go to, attain, get; go on, succeed, prosper; go off, depart, die.
Pre is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and i (इ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPre (प्रे):—(pra- 5 √i) [class] 2. [Parasmaipada] praiti ([Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] praitos, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]), to come forth, appear, begin, [Ṛg-veda; Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata];
—to go on, proceed, advance ([especially] as a sacrifice), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā];
—to go forwards or farther, come to, arrive at, enter ([accusative]), [ib.; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata];
—to go out or away, depart (this life, with or without asmāl lokāt, or itas), die, [Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Intensive] [Ātmanepada] preyate, to drive or go forth (said of Uṣas), [Ṛg-veda]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+499): Prea, Precatory bean, Precatory-pea, Precious metal, Precious stone, Pred, Predaka, Predakatva, Predanda, Predandaka, Preddha, Predha, Predi, Pregada, Preggada, Pregnant, Preh, Prehana, Prehi, Prehidvitiya.
Ends with (+10): Abhipre, Anupre, Apapre, Atepre, Bish-khapre, Cepre, Ghod tapre, Ghod-tapre, Ghortapre, Khapre, Kotoprepre, Kshipre, Kupracupre, Lopre, Paripre, Pepre, Petepre, Prapre, Sampre, Sano tapre.
Full-text (+1284): Mukhyata, Preta, Praitos, Maukhya, Paripre, Prapre, Preti, Vipre, Pradhanatva, Satkaryavada, Prakhyata, Abhipraya, Barh, Prakhyatabhanda, Upapre, Anti, Punnaga, Pretivat, Kunjara, Purvakalpane.
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Search found 289 books and stories containing Pre, Pra-i; (plurals include: Pres, is). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) (by Ganganatha Jha)
Section 2.8 (eighth khaṇḍa) (three texts) < [Chapter 2 - Second Adhyāya]
Section 1.11 (eleventh khaṇḍa) (nine texts) < [Chapter 1 - First Adhyāya]
Section 6.15 (fifteenth khaṇḍa) (three texts) < [Chapter 6 - Sixth Adhyāya]
Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish < [July – September 1977]
Jules Supervielle (1884-1960) < [April 1969]
The Role of Periodicals on Indian Renaissance and National Integration - Pre & Post Independence Scenario - Inaugural address < [April – June, 2004]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.166 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
Verse 10.67 < [Section VIII - Improvement in the Status of Castes]
Verse 10.3 < [Section I - The Four Castes and their Purely Legitimate Progeny]
The Patthanuddesa Dipani (by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw)
Vietnamese Buddhist Art (by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh)
4. Sculptures in Thailand (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - The Sculpture and its Reciprocal Influence]
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