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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāghuṇika (प्राघुणिक).—A guest, visitor; चिरापराधस्मृतिमांसलोऽपि रोषः क्षणप्राघुणिको बभूव (cirāparādhasmṛtimāṃsalo'pi roṣaḥ kṣaṇaprāghuṇiko babhūva) Bv.2.66; श्रवणप्राघुणिकीकृता जनैः (śravaṇaprāghuṇikīkṛtā janaiḥ) (kathā) N.2.56; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.119.

Derivable forms: prāghuṇikaḥ (प्राघुणिकः).

See also (synonyms): prāghuṇa, prāghuṇaka, prāghūrṇa, prāghūrṇaka, prāghūrṇika.

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

Prāghuṇika (प्राघुणिक) or Prāghuṇaka.—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A guest. E. praghuṇa svārtheṃ ṭhak .

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

Prāghuṇika (प्राघुणिक).—[masculine] guest.

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

Prāghuṇika (प्राघुणिक):—[from prāghuṇa] ([Bhāminī-vilāsa]) m. idem (ṇikī- √kṛ, to make a visitor to, cause to reach; kathā mama śravana-prāghuṇikī-kṛtā, ‘the tale was made to reach my ears’ id est. ‘was communicated to me’ [Naiṣadha-carita])

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

Prāghuṇika (प्राघुणिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pāhuṇia.

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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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Ends with: Shravanapraghunika.

Full-text: Pahunia, Praghuna, Praghunaka, Shravanapraghunikikrita, Shravanapraghunika, Praghurnaka, Praghurnika, Praghurna.

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