Devaprashna, Dēvapraśna, Devapraśna, Deva-prashna: 7 definitions
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Devaprashna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit terms Dēvapraśna and Devapraśna can be transliterated into English as Devaprasna or Devaprashna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydēvapraśna (देवप्रश्न).—m (S) Inquiry of an idol or an oracle. 2 Consultation of the gods or the stars. A form of divination or astrology. v kara, pāha, yē, utara.
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 dictionaryDevapraśna (देवप्रश्न).—'consulting deities', astrology, fortune-telling.
Derivable forms: devapraśnaḥ (देवप्रश्नः).
Devapraśna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and praśna (प्रश्न).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevapraśna (देवप्रश्न).—n.
(-śnaṃ) Astrology, consulting the stars or gods. E. deva a deity, and praśna asking.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevapraśna (देवप्रश्न):—[=deva-praśna] [from deva] m. ‘consulting the gods’, fortune-telling, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. daiva-).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevapraśna (देवप्रश्न):—[deva-praśna] (śnaṃ) 1. n. Astrology.
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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.
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Partial matches: Prashna, Deva, Teva.
Full-text: Daivaprashna.
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