The Sanskrit term Prakṛṣ can be transliterated into English as Prakrs or Prakrish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prakṛṣ (प्रकृष्).—1 1 P.

1) To draw away, pull, attract.

2) To lead (as an army).

3) To bend (as a bow).

4) To increase.

5) To draw or stretch out, prolong.

6) To place before or in front.

7) To harass, disturb, afflict, trouble.

8) To drag along cruelly; प्रकृष्टाश्च तदा कामं देव- मार्गं च दर्शिताः (prakṛṣṭāśca tadā kāmaṃ deva- mārgaṃ ca darśitāḥ) Rām.5.63.11. -Pass. To be enhanced or increased; आवयोरपि यत् सङ्गात् पवित्रत्वं प्रकृष्यते (āvayorapi yat saṅgāt pavitratvaṃ prakṛṣyate) Uttararāmacarita 7.8.

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

Prakṛṣ (प्रकृष्).—draw forth, conduct (an army); vex, afflict.

Prakṛṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and kṛṣ (कृष्).

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

Prakṛṣ (प्रकृष्):—[=pra-√kṛṣ] [Parasmaipada] -karṣati, to draw or stretch forth, drag along or away, [Kauśika-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to push off, remove from ([ablative]), [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to lead (an army), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to draw or bend (a bow), [Mahābhārata];

—to distract, trouble, disturb, [Rāmāyaṇa] :

—[Causal] -karṣayati, to cause (a field) to be ploughed, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]

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

Prakṛṣ (प्रकृष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pagaḍḍha.

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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Partial matches: Krish, Pra.

Starts with: Prakrishita, Prakrishta, Prakrishtadhi, Prakrishtakeshakhya, Prakrishtananda, Prakrishtapreman, Prakrishtata, Prakrishtatama, Prakrishtatara, Prakrishtatva, Prakrishya, Prakrishyakutsita.

Ends with: Samprakrish, Viprakrish.

Full-text (+3): Viprakarsha, Pagappa, Prakarshin, Prakarsha, Prakarshana, Prakrishtatara, Samprakrish, Prakrishtatama, Prakrishya, Prakrishtatva, Prakarshavat, Prakarshat, Prakrishtata, Prakarshaniya, Prakarshena, Prakarshatantra, Viprakrish, Prakrishtakeshakhya, Prakarshaka, Prakrishyakutsita.

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