Pragrahara, Pragra-hara, Prāgrahara: 6 definitions
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Prāgrahara (प्राग्रहर).—a. chief, principal; विश्वावसुप्राग्रहरैः प्रवीणैः (viśvāvasuprāgraharaiḥ pravīṇaiḥ) Kumārasambhava 7.48; R.16.23.
Prāgrahara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāgra and hara (हर).
Prāgrahara (प्राग्रहर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Chief, principal. E. pra, and agra first, hara who surpasses.
Prāgrahara (प्राग्रहर):—[=prāgra-hara] [from prāgra] mfn. taking the best share, chief principal among ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Kālidāsa; Harṣacarita]
Prāgrahara (प्राग्रहर):—[prā+gra-hara] < [prāgra-hara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Chief.
Prāgrahara (प्राग्रहर):—(prāgra + hara) adj. (das Allerbeste für sich nehmend) der vorzüglichste, beste [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1438.] [Halāyudha 4, 4.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 23.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 48.] [Śākuntala 112, v. l.] für prāgrasara .
Prāgrahara (प्राग्रहर):—Adj. der vorzüglichste , beste , — unter (im Comp. vorangehend) [Vikramāṅkadevacarita 2,11.]
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: Pragra, Hara.
Full-text: Pragrasara.
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