Prada, Pradā: 15 definitions
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Prada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Prada (प्रद) refers to “giving (the fruits)” (of all Āgamas), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 9.5-11, while explaining the universality of Amṛteśa]—“[...] Thus, in this way, Deveśa [is found in all] Āgamas. He gives of all Sādhakas the benefits [of worship] from all directions [i.e., no matter what their tradition]. Because of him, splendid gems light up [differently] under different conditions, giving the fruits of all Āgamas (prada—sarvāgamaphalapradaḥ) in all streams. Thus, he is Śiva, Sadāśiva, Bhairava, Tumburu, Soma, and Sūrya, with his own form arising bearing no form”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Prada (प्रद) refers to “(that which) grants (liberation)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “There is nothing like the doctrine which is productive of all prosperity, the root of the tree of bliss, beneficial, venerable and grants liberation (śiva-prada). Snakes, fire, poison, tigers, elephants, lions, demons and kings, etc. do not hurt those whose selves are settled in the doctrine”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
prada (प्रद).—a S That gives, grants, confers, affords, bestows. Ex. of comp. sukhaprada, duḥkha -phala -dhana -vidyā -harṣa-śōka-prada Yielding pleasure, pain, profit &c.
prada (प्रद).—a That gives, grants, confers. In comp. as Ex. hitaprada.
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
Pradā (प्रदा).—3 U.
1) To grant, give, offer, present; स्वं प्रागहं प्रादिषि नामराय किं नाम तस्मै मनसा नराय (svaṃ prāgahaṃ prādiṣi nāmarāya kiṃ nāma tasmai manasā narāya) N.6.95; Manusmṛti 3.99, 18,273; Y.2.9.
2) To impart, teach (as learning); शिष्यप्रदेयागमाः (śiṣyapradeyāgamāḥ) (kavayaḥ) Bhartṛhari 2.15.
3) To give away; yield.
4) To give up, deliver.
5) To give away in marriage.
6) To sell; यत्रैकेन च यत् क्रीतं तच्छतेन प्रदीयते (yatraikena ca yat krītaṃ tacchatena pradīyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.13.
7) To deliver up, restore.
8) To pay, discharge (a debt).
9) To put, place in.
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Prada (प्रद).—a.
1) (At the end of comp.) Giving, bestowing, or conferring on, yielding; सुख°, ताप°, सस्य° (sukha°, tāpa°, sasya°) &c.
2) Liberal, bountiful.
-dā A gift.
Prada (प्रद).—mfn.
(-daḥ-dā-daṃ) A giver, giving bountiful. f.
(-dā) A gift, a donation. E. pra before, dā to give, śa aff. or aṅ and ṭāp .
Prada (प्रद).—[pra-da] (vb. dā), I. adj. sbst. Giving, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 9; a giver, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 162. Ii. f. dā, A gift.
Prada (प्रद).—[adjective] giving, uttering, causing (mostly —°).
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Pradā (प्रदा).—A. ([Middle]) give up, deliver, present, offer, give in marriage (±bhāryām); pay, discharge (a debt), restore, sell ([with] [instrumental] of price); teach, communicate, impart; grant, permit; put in set (fire) to ([locative]).
Pradā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and dā (दा).
1) Pradā (प्रदा):—[=pra-dā] a. pra-√1. dā [Parasmaipada] -dadāti, rarely [Ātmanepada] -datte, ([Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] pra-dātos, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]; irreg. [Potential] [Parasmaipada] -dadet, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]),
—to give away, give, offer, present, grant, bestow, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (with or [scilicet] bhāryām, to give in marriage; with prativacas, to g° an answer; with pravṛttim, to information about an event; with yuddham, to g° battle; with dvaṃdva-yuddham, to engage in single combat; with vidyām, to communicate or impart knowledge; with hutāśanam, to set fire to);
—to give up, abolish, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā];
—to sell (with [instrumental case] of price), [Pañcatantra];
—to restore (anything lost etc.), [Manu-smṛti];
—to pay, discharge (a debt), [Yājñavalkya];
—to put or place in ([locative case]), [ib.; Mahābhārata] :
—[Passive voice] -dīyate, to be given away, be given, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:
—[Causal] -dāpayati, to cause to give, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc. etc.;
—to compel to give back or to repay, [Yājñavalkya; Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti] ;
—to cause to put in or to, [Mahābhārata; Bhāvaprakāśa];
—to put or place in ([locative case]), [Caraka];
— (with vastim), to apply a clyster, [ib.] :
—[Desiderative] -ditsate, to wish to give in marriage, [Daśakumāra-carita]
2) Prada (प्रद):—[=pra-da] [from pra-dā] mf(ā)n. giving, yielding, offering, granting, bestowing, causing, effecting, uttering, speaking (cf. anna-, jaya-, bahu-, sukha-, -śāpa etc.)
3) Pradā (प्रदा):—[=pra-dā] [from pra-da] b f. a gift, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Prādā (प्रादा):—[=prā-√dā] (pra-ā- √1. dā) [Parasmaipada] -dadāti ([infinitive mood] prā-dātum [indeclinable participle] prā-dāya), to give, bestow, [Mahābhārata]
Prada (प्रद):—[pra-da] (daḥ-dā-daṃ) a. Giving. f. Gift.
Prada (प्रद):—(von 1. dā mit pra) adj. f. ā gebend, verleihend, gewährend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 139,] [Scholiast] [Harivaṃśa 7440.] In der Regel mit seinem obj. compon. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 6.] anna [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 2, 4, 5.] tila [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 229.] vasu [Mahābhārata 1, 2370. 13, 2462.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 92, 50.] [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 31.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 628.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 56.] [Spr. 1097.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 33, 1. 56, 24.] bahu freigebig [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 6.] prāṇa der Einem das Leben gegeben, gerettet hat [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 89.] sasya (bhūmi) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 212.] phalapuṣpa (vṛkṣa) [Mahābhārata 2, 354. 13, 637. 959.] [Bhagavadgītā 2, 43.] śaraṇa [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 57, 16.] abhaya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 232.] jaya [Mahābhārata 4, 194.] rājya [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 162.] yauvanopacaya [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 61, 59.] sthiti [99, 28.] sukha [Mahābhārata 13, 2034.] śubha [Kathāsaritsāgara 49,209.] [Oxforder Handschriften 68,b,29.] svasadṛśācārapravṛtti bewirkend [Spr. 2401.] netrotsava [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 47. 37, 182.] ruci Appetit machend [Suśruta 1, 177, 8. 190, 13.] bhaya [Mahābhārata 4, 1341.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 68.] mūrchā [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 64.] duḥkhaśokāmaya (āhāra) [Bhagavadgītā 17, 9.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3. 27. 8, 34. 45, 96. 59, 22. 67, 3. 85, 61.] śāpa einen Fluch ausstossend [Harivaṃśa 15075.] snigdhabāṇī so v. a. redend [Mahābhārata 13, 6461. 6707.] — Vgl. kara, kāma, ku, puṇya, putrapradā .
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Pradā (प्रदा):—(1. dā mit pra) f. Gabe [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 64,] [Scholiast]
Prada (प्रद):—Adj. meist in Comp. mit seinem Obj. (f. ā) —
1) gebend , verleihend , spendend , gewährend. —
2) von sich gebend. so v.a. aussprechend , redend. —
3) gebend so v.a. bewirkend , verursachend.
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Pradā (प्रदा):—f. Gabe.
Prada (प्रद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paya.
Pradā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 奉 [fèng]: “receive with both hands”.
2) 奉獻 [fèng xiàn]: “making offerings”.
3) 與 [yǔ]: “take part in”.
Note: pradā can be alternatively written as: pra-√dā.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Prada (प्रद):—adj. giving;
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 (+0): Pra, Da, Ta.
Starts with (+14): Pradaay, Pradaayak, Pradadhati, Pradadi, Pradagdha, Pradagdhahuti, Pradagdhavya, Pradaghas, Pradaghos, Pradah, Pradaha, Pradahana, Pradahas, Pradahati, Pradakshina, Pradakshinagami, Pradakshinagamita, Pradakshinagrahata, Pradakshinagrahin, Pradakshinagrahita.
Full-text (+275): Phalaprada, Varaprada, Pradam, Pradah, Kamaprada, Pranaprada, Mangalaprada, Shubhaprada, Abhayaprada, Bahuprada, Bhayaprada, Putraprada, Sarvakamaprada, Sarvasiddhiprada, Shitalaprada, Srishtiprada, Sarvasampatprada, Bhuktiprada, Balaprada, Karaprada.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
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