The Sanskrit term Prabhraṣṭaka can be transliterated into English as Prabhrastaka or Prabhrashtaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prabhraṣṭaka (प्रभ्रष्टक).—See प्रभ्रष्टम् (prabhraṣṭam) above.

Derivable forms: prabhraṣṭakam (प्रभ्रष्टकम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prabhraṣṭaka (प्रभ्रष्टक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A chaplet of flowers suspended from the middle lock of hair. E. pra before, bhraṃś to fall or depend, aff. kta and kan added.

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

Prabhraṣṭaka (प्रभ्रष्टक).—[pra-bhraṣṭa + ka] (vb. bhraṃś), n. A chaplet of flowers suspended from the middle lock of hair.

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

Prabhraṣṭaka (प्रभ्रष्टक).—[neuter] a wreath of flowers hanging down from the crown of the head.

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

Prabhraṣṭaka (प्रभ्रष्टक):—[=pra-bhraṣṭaka] [from pra-bhraṃś] n. a chaplet or wreath of flowers suspended from the lock on the crown of the head, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Prabhraṣṭaka (प्रभ्रष्टक):—[pra-bhraṣṭaka] (kaṃ) 1. n. Chaplet of flowers on the middle lock of hair.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prabhrashtaka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prabhraṣṭaka (ಪ್ರಭ್ರಷ್ಟಕ):—[noun] a string of flowers tied or attached to lock on the crown of the head.

context information

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: Bhrashtaka, Pra.

Full-text: Prabhrashta.

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