Parapraneya, Parapraṇeya, Para-praneya: 1 definition

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Parapraṇeya (परप्रणेय).—needing to be guided by others (on account of blindness): Mahāvastu ii.212.4 (prose) and 214.4 (prose), Senart both times °prāṇeya (with both mss. 212.4 and one 214.4, also v.l. 221.2), interpreted as whose life (prāṇa) depends on others; 221.2 (verse) °praṇeyeṣu (Senart em. °yyeṣu), here short a in °praṇ° is required by meter; that Senart's theory is incorrect seems to me proved by 218.3 where the persons in question say that, being blind, they cannot go anywhere vinā praṇetareṇa, without a guide.

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Paraprāṇeya (परप्राणेय).—[, read para-praṇeya.]

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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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