Alternative spellings of this word include Prachurya.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Prācurya (प्राचुर्य):—[prācuryaṃ] Excess

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—n S Abundance, copiousness, plenty.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—n Abundance, copiousness, plenty.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—

1) Abundance, copiousness, plenty.

2) Multitude.

Derivable forms: prācuryam (प्राचुर्यम्).

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

Prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—i. e. pracura + ya, n. Plenty, [Pañcatantra] 253, 22.

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

Prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—[neuter] multitude, plenty.

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

1) Prācurya (प्राचुर्य):—[=prā-curya] [from prā] n. ([from] -cura) multitude, abundance, plenty, [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] amplitude, prolixity, [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] prevalence, currency, [Śaṃkarācārya; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pracurya 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

Prācurya (प्राचुर्य) [Also spelled prachury]:—(nm) abundance, plenty.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prācurya (ಪ್ರಾಚುರ್ಯ):—[noun] copiousness; abundance.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Prācurya (प्राचुर्य):—adj. 1. abundance; copiousness; plenty; 2. multitude;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra.

Ends with: Prastavapracurya, Udgarapracurya.

Full-text: Pracuryena, Udgarapracurya, Prachury, Prachurya, Playa, Pracandya, Pravrishenya, Pracura.

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