The Sanskrit term Grāmapreṣya can be transliterated into English as Gramapresya or Gramapreshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Grāmapreṣya (ग्रामप्रेष्य).—The village messenger, unfit for paṅkti bhojana.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 19. 30; Vāyu-purāṇa 83. 61.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Grāmapreṣya (ग्रामप्रेष्य).—the messenger or servant of a community or village.

Derivable forms: grāmapreṣyaḥ (ग्रामप्रेष्यः).

Grāmapreṣya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāma and preṣya (प्रेष्य).

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

Grāmapreṣya (ग्रामप्रेष्य).—m. the public servant of a town, Mahābhārata 12, 2359; cf. [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 153.

Grāmapreṣya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāma and preṣya (प्रेष्य).

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

1) Grāmapreṣya (ग्रामप्रेष्य):—[=grāma-preṣya] [from grāma] m. the messenger or servant of a village or community, [Mahābhārata xii, 2359]

2) [v.s. ...] (preṣya grāmasya, [Manu-smṛti iii, 153.])

[Sanskrit to German]

Gramapreshya 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Preshya, Grama.

Full-text: Rajapreshya.

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