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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pradhmā (प्रध्मा).—1 P.

1) To blow (as a conch); शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः (śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.14.

2) To blow away or into.

3) To destroy,

4) (Ā.) To cry out; प्रध्मायीताभिनद्धाक्ष आनीतोऽभिनद्धाक्षो विसृष्टः (pradhmāyītābhinaddhākṣa ānīto'bhinaddhākṣo visṛṣṭaḥ) Ch. up.6.14.1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pradhmā (प्रध्मा).—mfn. (-dhmāḥ-dhmāḥ-dhma) Blowing violently. E. pra before, dhmā to blow, aff. vic .

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

1) Pradhmā (प्रध्मा):—[=pra-√dhmā] a (or dham) [Parasmaipada] ([Ātmanepada] [Potential] -dhmāyīta, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]) -dhamati, to blow before or in front, blow away, [Atharva-veda];

—to scare, [Caraka];

—to destroy, [Mahābhārata];

—to blow into ([especially] into a conch shell [accusative]), [ib.; Suśruta; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

— ([Ātmanepada]) to cry out, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad vi, 14, 1; Śaṃkarācārya];—(others, ‘to be tossed about’, ‘wander about’) :—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -dhmāpayati, te, to blow into, bl° (a conch shell), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa]

2) [=pra-dhmā] b mfn. blowing violently, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Pradhmā (प्रध्मा):—[pra-dhmā] (dhmāḥ-dhma) a. Blowing hard.

context information

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.

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Partial matches: Pra, Dhma.

Starts with: Pradhmana, Pradhmapana, Pradhmapita.

Full-text: Pradhamana, Pradhmapita, Pradhmapana.

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