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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praghaṇa (प्रघण) or Praghana (प्रघन) or Praghāṇa (प्रघाण) or Praghāna (प्रघान).—

1) A porch before the door of a house, portico; प्रघाण-प्रघणालिन्दा बहिर्द्वारप्रकोष्ठके (praghāṇa-praghaṇālindā bahirdvāraprakoṣṭhake) Abh. Chin.1.1; तस्मिन्नन्तर्घणेऽपश्यन् प्रघाणे सौधसद्मनः (tasminnantarghaṇe'paśyan praghāṇe saudhasadmanaḥ); Bhaṭṭikāvya 7. 62.

2) A copper-pot,

3) An iron mace, crow-bar.

Derivable forms: praghaṇaḥ (प्रघणः), praghanaḥ (प्रघनः), praghāṇaḥ (प्रघाणः), praghānaḥ (प्रघानः).

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

Praghaṇa (प्रघण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) 1. A terrace before a house. 2. A copper pot. 3. An iron crow or club. E. pra before han to strike, aff. ap, and the radical letter changed; also praghāṇa praghana, and praghāna .

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Praghana (प्रघन).—m.

(-naṃ) 1. A covered terrace before a house. 2. A sort of bean, (Phaseolus mungo.) E. pra before, han to strike or hurt, aff. ap.

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Praghāṇa (प्रघाण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) A covered terrace or small portico before the door of house. E. pra before, han to strike, (with the feet,) aff. ap, and the radical vowel changed optionally; also praghaṇa .

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Praghāna (प्रघान).—m.

(-naḥ) A covered terrace before the door of a house, a porch, a portico: see praghana, and praghaṇa .

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

Praghaṇa (प्रघण).—i. e. pra-han + a, m. 1. (also praghana and praghāna praghāna, and praghāṇa praghāṇa), A terrace before a house. 2. A copper pot. 3. An iron club.

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

1) Praghaṇa (प्रघण):—[=pra-ghaṇa] m. n. (√han) a place or a terrace before a house, [Harṣacarita] (also °Gana), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] an iron mace or crowbar, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a copper pot, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Praghana (प्रघन):—[=pra-ghana] [from pra-ghaṇa] m. = [preceding]

5) [v.s. ...] also [varia lectio] for prathana, Phaseolus Mungo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Praghāṇa (प्रघाण):—[=pra-ghāṇa] [from pra-ghaṇa] mn. = or [varia lectio] for ghaṇa, [Harṣacarita; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] the trunk of a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) Praghāna (प्रघान):—[=pra-ghāna] [from pra-ghaṇa] See ghāṇa.

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

1) Praghaṇa (प्रघण):—[pra-ghaṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. A terrace before a house; a copper pot; iron crow.

2) Praghana (प्रघन):—[pra-ghana] (naḥ) 1. m. A covered terrace before a house; a sort of bean.

3) Praghāṇa (प्रघाण):—[pra-ghāṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. A covered terrace.

4) Praghāna (प्रघान):—[pra-ghāna] (naḥ) 1. m. A covered terrace before the door of a house.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Praghaṇa (ಪ್ರಘಣ):—

1) [noun] the front hall of a house, where usu. visitors are received; a drawing room.

2) [noun] a levelled ground (prepared for some purpose).

3) [noun] an iron crow bar.

4) [noun] a copper vessel.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Pra, Ghana.

Starts with: Praghata.

Ends with: Praghata.

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