Pragalbh: 6 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pragalbh (प्रगल्भ्).—1 Ā.

1) To be bold or confident; या कथंचन सखीवचने प्रागभिप्रियतमं प्रजगल्भे (yā kathaṃcana sakhīvacane prāgabhipriyatamaṃ prajagalbhe) Śiśupālavadha 1.18; न मौक्तिकच्छिद्रकरी शलाका प्रगल्भते कर्मणि टङ्किकायाः (na mauktikacchidrakarī śalākā pragalbhate karmaṇi ṭaṅkikāyāḥ) Vikr.1.16 'cannot be bold (competent) enough to do the work of a hatchet'.

2) To be determined or resolute.

3) To be proud.

4) To be ready or able (with inf.).

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

Pragalbh (प्रगल्भ्).—pragalbhate be bold etc. (cf. seq.).

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

Pragalbh (प्रगल्भ्):—[=pra-√galbh] [Ātmanepada] -galbhate, to be bold or confident, behave resolutely, [Śiśupāla-vadha];

—to be capable of or ready to ([locative case] or [infinitive mood]), [Bālarāmāyaṇa; Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa];

—to be equal to or fit to pass for ([nominative case]), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];

—to be arrogant or proud, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pragalbh (प्रगल्भ्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pagaṭabha.

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Pragalbh 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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pragalbh in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) mature; insolent, impertinent, cheeky; outspoken; venturesome; ~[ta] maturity; insolence, impertinence, cheekiness; outspokenness; venturesomeness..—pragalbh (प्रगल्भ) is alternatively transliterated as Pragalbha.

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