Prakirnakesha, Prakirna-kesha, Prakīrṇakeśa: 4 definitions

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Prakirnakesha 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.

The Sanskrit term Prakīrṇakeśa can be transliterated into English as Prakirnakesa or Prakirnakesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Prakīrṇakeśa (प्रकीर्णकेश):—[=prakīrṇa-keśa] [from prakīrṇa > prakara > pra-kṝ] mf(ī)n. having dishevelled hair, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta]

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

Prakīrṇakeśa (प्रकीर्णकेश):—[pra-kīrṇa-keśa] (śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) a. Dishevelled

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

Prakīrṇakeśa (प्रकीर्णकेश):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) mit zerstreutem , aufgelöstem Haar [Mahābhārata 3,173,62.] [Suśruta (rotrh) 1,106,3.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5,5,28.7,2,30.] —

2) *f. ī Beiname der Durgā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Prakīrṇakeśa (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 蓬亂 [péng luàn]: “disheveled”.

Note: prakīrṇakeśa can be alternatively written as: prakīrṇa-keśa.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)
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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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