Prakarastha, aka: Prākārastha, Prakara-stha; 1 Definition(s)
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Prākārastha (प्राकारस्थ).—a. One who is stationed on the rampart; एकः शतं योधयति प्राकारस्थो धनुर्धरः (ekaḥ śataṃ yodhayati prākārastho dhanurdharaḥ) Ms.7.74.
Prākārastha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prākāra and stha (स्थ).
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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