Prakhyata, Prakhyāta: 11 definitions

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Prakhyata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Prakhyat.

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Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prakhyāta (प्रख्यात).—p S Renowned, famous.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

prakhyāta (प्रख्यात).—p Renowned; famous. Notoriety, celebrity.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prakhyata in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prakhyāta (प्रख्यात).—p. p.

1) Famous, celebrated, renowned, noted.

2) Forestalled, claimed by right of pre-emption.

3) Happy, pleased.

4) Recognised, acknowledged.

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

Prakhyāta (प्रख्यात).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Celebrated, famous. 2. Pleased, happy. 3. Bespoken, forestalled, claimed by right of pre-emption. E. pra much, khyāta famed.

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

Prakhyāta (प्रख्यात).—[adjective] acknowledged, known, famous.

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

1) Prakhyāta (प्रख्यात):—[=pra-khyāta] [from pra-khyā] mfn. known, celebrated, acknowledged, recognised, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] forestalled, claimed by right of pre-emption, [Manu-smṛti] (See below)

3) [v.s. ...] pleased, happy, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] ‘told (by others)’, id est. borrowed, not original, [Daśarūpa]

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

Prakhyāta (प्रख्यात):—[pra-khyāta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Celebrated; bespoken; pleased, happy.

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

Prakhyāta (प्रख्यात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pakkhāya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prakhyata in German

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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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Prakhyāta (प्रख्यात) [Also spelled prakhyat]:—(a) well-known, renowned, reputed; hence ~[ti] (nf).

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prakhyata in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prakhyāta (ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾತ):—

1) [adjective] celebrated; famous; renowned.

2) [adjective] acknowledged or accepted formally as factual, formal or legal.

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Prakhyāta (ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾತ):—

1) [noun] the quality or state of being famous, popular or known widely.

2) [noun] a celebrated, famous man; a celebrity.

3) [noun] (rhet.) the theme of a literary work taken from ancient and celebrated works as Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata.

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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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