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Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Prāleyādri (प्रालेयाद्रि) refers to the “Himalaya Mountain”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “[...] 11. Then, propitiated, the sage Pālakāpya said to the lord of Aṅga [=Romapāda]: ‘Formerly elephants could go anywhere they pleased, and assume any shape; they roamed as they liked in the sky and on the earth. In the northern quarter of the Himalaya Mountain (prāleyādri) there is a banyan tree which has a length and breadth of two hundred leagues. On it the excellent elephants alighted (after flying through the air). [...]’.”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāleyādri (प्रालेयाद्रि).—'the snowy mountain', the Himālaya; Meghadūta 59.

Derivable forms: prāleyādriḥ (प्रालेयाद्रिः).

Prāleyādri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāleya and adri (अद्रि). See also (synonyms): prāleyabhūdhara, prāleyaśaila.

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

Prāleyādri (प्रालेयाद्रि).—m. Himālaya.

Prāleyādri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāleya and adri (अद्रि).

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

Prāleyādri (प्रालेयाद्रि).—[masculine] the Himalaya (snow-mountain).

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

Prāleyādri (प्रालेयाद्रि):—[=prā-leyādri] [from prā-leya > prā] m. = ya-bhū-dhara, [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Praleyadri 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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Partial matches: Pra, Praleya, Adri.

Full-text: Praleyashaila, Praleya, Praleyabhudhara.

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