Alternative spellings of this word include Prachalana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pracalana (प्रचलन).—

1) Shaking, trembling.

2) Retreat, flight.

3) Circulation, currency.

Derivable forms: pracalanam (प्रचलनम्).

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Pracālana (प्रचालन).—Stirring, shaking, a stir; किं वृथार्थप्रचालनेन (kiṃ vṛthārthapracālanena) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5 'why discuss this matter in vain'.

Derivable forms: pracālanam (प्रचालनम्).

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

Pracalana (प्रचलन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Moving, going much or widely 2. Circulating, being customary or current. E. pra before, cal to go, lyuṭ aff.

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Pracālana (प्रचालन).—n.

(-naṃ) Stirring, moving, shaking.

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

Pracalana (प्रचलन).—[pra-cal + ana], n. 1. Trembling. 2. Moving to and fro, rocking (on the knees), [Pañcatantra] 252, 22. 3. Fleeing, flight, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 128.

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Pracālana (प्रचालन).—i. e. pra-cal, [Causal.], + ana, n. Stirring, stir, [Pañcatantra] 248, 7.

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

Pracalana (प्रचलन).—[neuter] trembling, shaking, tottering.

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

1) Pracalana (प्रचलन):—[=pra-calana] [from pra-cal] n. trembling, shaking, rocking, swaying, [Maitrī-upaniṣad; Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] retiring, flight, [Pañcatantra]

3) [v.s. ...] going well or widely, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] circulating, being current or customary, [ib.]

5) Pracālana (प्रचालन):—[=pra-cālana] [from pra-cal] n. stirring, stir, noise (?), [Pañcatantra]

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

Pracalana (प्रचलन):—[pra-calana] (naṃ) 1. n. Currency.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pracalana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Pracalana (प्रचलन) [Also spelled prachalan]:—(nm) currency, prevalence; custom; usage; movement.

2) Pracālana (प्रचालन) [Also spelled prachalan]:—(nm) operation; ~[ka] an operator.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pracalana (ಪ್ರಚಲನ):—

1) [noun] a moving to and fro, back and forth, in continuous succession.

2) [noun] a continual passing from hand to hand, as of a medium of exchange; circulation.

3) [noun] a running away from; a retreat.

4) [noun] the transfer of heat by its absorption by a fluid at one point followed by motion of the fluid and rejection of the heat at another point; convection.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra, Calana.

Ends with: Apracalana, Janupracalana.

Full-text: Janupracalana, Prachalan, Vatarajju, Dhruva.

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