Prakama, Prakāma: 9 definitions

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Prakama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prakāma (प्रकाम).—a.

1) Amorous.

2) Excessive, much, to the heart's content, at pleasure; प्रकामविस्तार (prakāmavistāra) R.2.11; प्रकामालोकनीयताम् (prakāmālokanīyatām) Kumārasambhava 2.24.

-maḥ Desire, pleasure, satisfaction.

-mam ind.

1) Very much, exceedingly; जातो ममायं विशदः प्रकामम् (jāto mamāyaṃ viśadaḥ prakāmam) (antarātmā) Ś.4.22; R.6.44; Mk. 5.25.

2) Sufficiently, to the heart's content, according to wish or desire.

3) Voluntarily, willingly; ये तिष्ठन्ति भवन्तु तेऽपि गमने कामं प्रकामोद्यमाः (ye tiṣṭhanti bhavantu te'pi gamane kāmaṃ prakāmodyamāḥ) Mu.1.25.

-bhuj a. eating till satisfied or to the heart's content; न प्रकामभुजः श्राद्धे स्वधासंग्रहतत्पराः (na prakāmabhujaḥ śrāddhe svadhāsaṃgrahatatparāḥ) R.1.66.

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

Prakāma (प्रकाम).—f.

(-mā) Adj. 1. Much, excessive, to the heart’s content. 2. Amorous. m.

(-maḥ) Desire, pleasure.

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

Prakāma (प्रकाम).—[pra-kāma]. I. m. Pleasure, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 2, 8. Ii. acc. mam, adv. 1. Willingly, [Pañcatantra] 191, 16. 2. According to one’s wish, Mahābhārata 4, 401. 3. Sufficiently, 7, 2767. 4. Indeed, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 3098.

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

Prakāma (प्रकाम).—[masculine] desire, delight, pleasure. prakāma (°—), prakāmam & prakāmatas willingly, at will, very much, indeed.

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

1) Prakāma (प्रकाम):—[=pra-kāma] m. joy, delight, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] [plural] objects of desire, [Rāmāyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] [in the beginning of a compound] with delight, willingly, according to desire, sufficiently, very much, indeed, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]

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

Prakāma (प्रकाम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pakāma.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prakama in German

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prakāma (ಪ್ರಕಾಮ):—

1) [noun] a strong desire.

2) [noun] the strong appetite for sensual pleasures.

3) [noun] great joy.

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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