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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Prabhagna (प्रभग्न) refer to “having shattered” (someone’s army), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.20 (“The fight between the Gaṇas and the Asuras”).—Accordingly, as Jalandhara laid siege to Kailāsa: “[...] All the three powerful Daityas obstructed the army of the Gaṇas showering arrows like the destructive clouds in the rainy season. The volleys of arrows discharged by the Daityas enveloped all the quarters and the atmosphere like huge swarms of locusts. They shook the hosts of Gaṇas. Split by hundreds of arrows, the Gaṇas shed streams of blood. They resembled the red Kiṃśuka flowers of the spring season. They did not know what to do. On seeing their army thus shattered (prabhagna), the infuriated leaders Nandin, Gaṇeśa and Kārttikeya hurriedly checked the rushing Daityas”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prabhagna (प्रभग्न).—p. p. Crushed to pieces, defeated; ययौ लङ्काभिमुखं प्रभग्नं राक्षसं बलम् (yayau laṅkābhimukhaṃ prabhagnaṃ rākṣasaṃ balam) Rām.7.7.24.

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

Prabhagna (प्रभग्न):—[=pra-bhagna] [from pra-bhañj] mfn. crushed to pieces, defeated, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prabhagna (ಪ್ರಭಗ್ನ):—[adjective] broken into small pieces; pulverised; demolished.

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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.

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Partial matches: Bhagna, Pra.

Ends with: Samprabhagna.

Full-text: Samprabhagna, Pabhagga, Bhanj.

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