Alternative spellings of this word include Prachalaka.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pracalāka (प्रचलाक).—

1) Archery.

2) A peacock's tail.

3) A snake.

-kā Ved. A violent shower of rain.

Derivable forms: pracalākaḥ (प्रचलाकः).

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

Pracālaka (प्रचालक).—(-pracālaka) (1) °kam, adv. (= Pali -ppacālakam, with kāya-, bāhu-, sīsa-, Vin. ii.213.22 f.; iv. 188.4, 17, 28), with shaking (motion) of (body, arms, head): na kāya-, bāhu-, śīrṣa-p° Mahāvyutpatti 8550-2; (2) adj., shaking, moving (various parts of the body); in passage corresponding to Pali and Mahāvyutpatti above: [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 531.7 ff. na bāhupracālakā antargṛhaṃ pravekṣyāmaḥ (°gṛhe niṣatsyāmaḥ), and so with aṃsa-, śīrṣa-, kāya-, for bāhu-; this form is intended by the Stein ms. fragments publ. La Vallée Poussin, JRAS 1913, 844.14 ff., where text na bāhupracālakāntargṛhaṃ etc. (like [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins], also with aṃsa-, śīrṣa-, kāya-).

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

Pracalāka (प्रचलाक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A peacock’s tail. 2. Archery, shooting with arrows. 3. A snake. E. pra before, cal to go, aff. ākan .

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

Pracalāka (प्रचलाक).—[pra-cal + āka], m. 1. Shooting with arrows. 2. A snake. 3. A peacock’s tail.

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

1) Pracalaka (प्रचलक):—[=pra-calaka] [from pra-cal] m. a species of venomous reptile, [Suśruta] (cf. calāka).

2) Pracalāka (प्रचलाक):—[=pra-calāka] [from pra-cal] m. shooting with arrows, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a peacock’s tail or crest, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a chameleon, [Āpastamba]

5) [v.s. ...] a snake or other venomous animal (cf. calaka), [Suśruta]

6) Pracalākā (प्रचलाका):—[=pra-calākā] [from pra-calāka > pra-cal] f. springing up, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā [Scholiast or Commentator]]

7) Pracālaka (प्रचालक):—[=pra-cālaka] [from pra-cal] mf(ikā)n. causing to tremble, trembling with ([compound]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pracalāka (प्रचलाक):—[pra-calāka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A peacock’s tail; archery; a snake.

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context information

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

Pracalāka (ಪ್ರಚಲಾಕ):—[noun] a feather of the long, brightly coloured upper tail of a peacock.

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Pracaḷāka (ಪ್ರಚಳಾಕ):—[noun] = ಪ್ರಚಲಾಕ [pracalaka].

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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: Pra, Calaka.

Starts with: Pracalakancanakundala.

Full-text: Pracalakin, Bahupracalakam.

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