Pracurya, Prācurya: 12 definitions
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Pracurya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Prachurya.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य):—[prācuryaṃ] Excess
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
prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—n S Abundance, copiousness, plenty.
prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—n Abundance, copiousness, plenty.
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
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—
1) Abundance, copiousness, plenty.
2) Multitude.
Derivable forms: prācuryam (प्राचुर्यम्).
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—i. e. pracura + ya, n. Plenty, [Pañcatantra] 253, 22.
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य).—[neuter] multitude, plenty.
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]
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य):—(von pracura) n. Vielheit, Menge [BĀDAR. 1, 1, 13.] [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 21.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 103.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 113, 26.] [Pañcatantra 253, 22. 254, 22.] prācuryeṇa in Masse [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 134, 53.] ausführlich [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 3. 9, 1, 7.]
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य):—n. —
1) Vielheit , Menge , Instr. zum grössten Theil , fast insgesammt [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 134,53.] —
2) Ausführlichkeit comm. zu [Prātiśākhya] Instr. ausführlich. —
3) allgemeine Verbreitung , — Gangbarkeit [Rājataraṃgiṇī 3,153.Śaṃkarācārya .zu] [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtra 3,2,33.]
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
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य) [Also spelled prachury]:—(nm) abundance, plenty.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Prācurya (ಪ್ರಾಚುರ್ಯ):—[noun] copiousness; abundance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Prācurya (प्राचुर्य):—adj. 1. abundance; copiousness; plenty; 2. multitude;
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.
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Partial matches: Pra.
Full-text: Udgarapracurya, Pracuryena, Playa, Prachury, Prachurya, Pracandya, Pravrishenya, Pracura.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Text 10.195 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
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Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
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Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
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Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)]