Pracud: 3 definitions
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Pracud means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Prachud.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPracud (प्रचुद्).—1 U.
1) To impel, prompt, urge, incite; धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् (dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt) Gāyatrī.; चापलाय प्रचोदितः (cāpalāya pracoditaḥ) R.1.9.
2) To drive or urge on, push on.
3) To excite, inspire, encourage, incite, stimulate.
4) To enjoin, direct, prescribe.
5) To request, ask.
6) To fix, settle, determine.
7) To proclaim, announce; परिवेषयेत प्रयतो गुणान् सर्वान् प्रचोदयन् (pariveṣayeta prayato guṇān sarvān pracodayan) Manusmṛti 3.228.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPracud (प्रचुद्).—push on, impel. [Causative] the same + animate, inspire, inflame, summon, urge, request, command, etc. (v.
Pracud is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and cud (चुद्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPracud (प्रचुद्):—[=pra-√cud] [Parasmaipada] -codati, to set in motion, drive on, urge, impel, [Ṛg-veda] :
—[Causal] -codayati idem, [Ṛg-veda] ([Ātmanepada] to hasten, make haste, [viii, 24, 13]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to excite, inspire, [Ṛg-veda];
—to command, summon, request, demand, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to announce, make known, proclaim, [Manu-smṛti iii, 228.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pracudita.
Ends with: Abhipracud, Sampracud.
Full-text: Pracoda, Pracodin, Pracodana, Pracodaka, Abhipracud, Pracudita, Pracodini, Pracodani, Pracodika, Sampracud, Pracodita, Pracodayat.
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