Pradhanya, Prādhānya, Pradhānya: 18 definitions
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Pradhanya 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 Pradhany.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य).—Preponderance, principal nature as opposed to the subordinate one (विशेषण्त्व (viśeṣaṇtva)); cf. यत्र प्राधान्येन अल् आश्रीयते तत्रैव प्रतिषेधः स्यात् (yatra prādhānyena al āśrīyate tatraiva pratiṣedhaḥ syāt) M. Bh. on P. I. 1. 56. cf. also प्राधान्येन व्यपदेशा भवन्ति । (prādhānyena vyapadeśā bhavanti |)
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य) or Pradhānya refers to “important positions”, obtainable through the worship of Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.14:—“[...] a person who yearns for important positions (prādhānya/pradhānya) shall worship half the former number [for details, see text]. A person desiring release from prison (kārāgṛha) shall worship a hundred thousand liṅgas of Śiva”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Mahāmokṣa-Tantra, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Mahāmokṣatantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 ślokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.— The catalogue includes the term—Prādhānya in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads—28 śe paṭale,—kaulācārasya sarvvathā prādhānyakathanam .
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.
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य) refers to the “primary form” (of pleasure—kāma), according to the Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text from the 2nd century dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life belonging to Kāmaśāstra (the ancient Indian science of love-making).—Accordingly, “Man, the period of whose life is one hundred years, should practise dharma, artha and kāma at different times and in such a manner that they may harmonize together and not clash in any way. [...] Kāma is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of sense and its object, and the consciousness of pleasure which arises from that contact is called Kāma (prādhānya). [... arthapratītiḥ prādhānyāt kāmaḥ] [...]”.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
prādhānya (प्राधान्य).—n S The state of being chief or foremost; supremacy, ascendency, predominance. 2 The state of being greater or more abundant; prevalence, preponderance.
prādhānya (प्राधान्य).—n Supremacy, predominance. Preponderance.
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
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य).—
1) Pre-eminence, superiority, predominance, prominence.
2) Ascendancy, supremacy.
3) A chief or principal cause. (prādhānyena, prādhānyāt, prādhānyataḥ 'chiefly', 'especially', 'principally'; hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ | prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me || Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.19.)
Derivable forms: prādhānyam (प्राधान्यम्).
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य).—n.
(-nyaṃ) Supremacy, superiority. E. pradhāna chief, ṣyañ aff.
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य).—i. e. pradhāna + ya, n. Prevalence, supremacy, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 75 (tad-, abl. When these rule).
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य).—[neuter] predominance, prevalence; °—, [instrumental], [ablative], & tas [adverb] chiefly, principally.
1) Pradhanya (प्रधन्य):—[from pra-dhana] mf(ā)n. forming the spoil or booty (as cattle), [Ṛg-veda]
2) Pradhānya (प्रधान्य):—[from pra-dhā] [wrong reading] for prādh q.v., [Mahābhārata]
3) Prādhānya (प्राधान्य):—[=prā-dhānya] [from prā] n. predominance, prevalence, ascendency, supremacy, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śaṃkarācārya; Suśruta] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] [in the beginning of a compound] in regard to the highest object or chief matter, chiefly, mainly, summarily, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc. (-stuti mfn. chiefly praised)
5) [=prā-dhānya] [from prā] m. a chief or most distinguished person, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य):—(nyaṃ) 1. n. Superiority.
Pradhanya (प्रधन्य):—(von pradhana) adj. den Kampfpreis oder die Beute bildend: sa ya.vyo..anī.goṣvarvā juhoti pradha.yāsu.sasriḥ [Ṛgveda 10, 99, 4.]
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Pradhānya (प्रधान्य):—[Mahābhārata 5, 121] fehlerhaft für prādhānya .
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Prādhānya (प्राधान्य):—(wie eben) n. das Vorwiegen, Vorherrschen, Suprematie, das Hauptsache-Sein [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 3, 27. 16, 94. 23, 145.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 11, 19. 7, 1, 2. 10, 2, 24. 13, 4, 15. 16, 6, 7.] [Suśruta 1, 14, 18. 148, 7.] [Kapila 2, 47.] [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [?S. 283. Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 158. Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 61. Sāhityadarpana 70, 8. Scholiast zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 69. 7, 1, 21. 55.] prādhānyena mit Rücksicht auf die Hauptsache, auf das Wichtigste, auf die Obenanstehenden, der Hauptsache nach; vor Allem: naighaṇṭukamidaṃ devatānāma prādhānyenedam [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 20. 2, 13.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1548.] bahutvānnāmadheyāni pannagānāṃ tapodhana . na kīrtayiṣye sarveṣāṃ prādhānyena tu me śṛṇu .. [1549. 5, 121] (fälschlich pradhānyena gedr.). [?598. zu Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad S. 284.] prādhānyatas dass. [Bhagavadgītā 10, 19.] [Mahābhārata 13, 868. 14, 1779.] [Harivaṃśa 9178.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 6, 45.] Am Anfange eines comp. ohne Flexionszeichen: prādhānyasaṃgraha [Suśruta 1, 160, 18.] prādhānyastutīnāṃ devatānām die vor allen Andern gepriesen werden [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 20. 7, 1. 13.] ayameva mantriprādhānyo (v. l. pradhāno) mahāndoṣaḥ so v. a. zumahl bei einem Minister [Pañcatantra ed. orn. 59, 16.]
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Prādhānya (प्राधान्य):—[Spr. 241.] prādhānyāt hauptsächlich, vor Allem [Kathāsaritsāgara 61, 41.]
Pradhanya (प्रधन्य):—pradhania Adj. (f. a) den Kampfpreis oder die Beute bildend.
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Pradhānya (प्रधान्य):—[Mahābhārata 5,121.] Fehlerhaft für prādhānya.
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Prādhānya (प्राधान्य):——
1) n. das Vorwiegen , Vorherrschen , Suprematie , das Hauptsache-Sein. nyena , nyāt , nyatas und prādhānya mit Rücksicht auf die Hauptsache , — auf das wichtigste — , auf die Obenanstehenden , der Hauptsache nach , hauptsächlich , vor Allem. māntri Adj. so v.a. zumeist bei einem Minister erscheinend (Fehler). —
2) m. Hauptperson , die vornehmste Person [Vetālapañcaviṃśati (U.).162zu.37,32.]
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pāhaṇṇa, Pāhanna.
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
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य) [Also spelled pradhany]:—(nm) predominance, dominance, superiority; supremacy, hegemony.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Prādhānya (ಪ್ರಾಧಾನ್ಯ):—[noun] the state or quality of being important; importance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Prādhānya (प्राधान्य):—n. 1. predominance; 2. pre-eminence; 3. supremacy;
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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