Praharavirati, Prahara-virati: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praharavirati (प्रहरविरति).—the end of a watch (at 9 o'clock in the forenoon.).

Derivable forms: praharaviratiḥ (प्रहरविरतिः).

Praharavirati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prahara and virati (विरति).

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

Praharavirati (प्रहरविरति):—[=pra-hara-virati] [from pra-hara > pra-hṛ] f. the end of a watch (at 9 o'clock in the forenoon), [Amaru-śataka]

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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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