Prakritamitra, Prākṛtamitra, Prakrita-mitra: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Prākṛtamitra can be transliterated into English as Prakrtamitra or Prakritamitra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prākṛtamitra (प्राकृतमित्र).—a natural ally; i. e. a ruler whose dominions lie immediately beyond those of the natural enemy (i. e. whose country is separated from the country with which he is allied by that of another).

Derivable forms: prākṛtamitram (प्राकृतमित्रम्).

Prākṛtamitra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prākṛta and mitra (मित्र).

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

Prākṛtamitra (प्राकृतमित्र).—m.

(-traḥ) A natural friend or ally; as applied to a sovereign, it means one whose states are removed by an intervening kingdom from those to which it should be friendly, the prākṛtāri or natural enemy is the chief of the intervening state, and the prākṛtodāsīnaḥ or natural neutral is the outer one of the four. E. prākṛta natural, and mitra a friend.

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

Prākṛtamitra (प्राकृतमित्र):—[=prākṛta-mitra] [from prākṛta] n. a natural friend or ally, a sovereign whose kingdom is separated by that of another from the country with which he is allied, W (cf. prākṛtāri and todāsīṇa).

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

Prākṛtamitra (प्राकृतमित्र):—[prākṛta-mitra] (traḥ) 1. m. A true friend.

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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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