Pramadavana, Pramada-vana, Pramadāvana: 10 definitions
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Pramadavana 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuPramadavana (प्रमदवन) refers to a “park inside the Kin’s palace, befitting its surroundings” according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles [viz., Pramadavana] and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPramadavana (प्रमदवन).—a pleasure garden attached to the royal harem.
Derivable forms: pramadavanam (प्रमदवनम्).
Pramadavana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramada and vana (वन). See also (synonyms): pramadakānana.
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Pramadāvana (प्रमदावन).—a pleasure garden attached to the royal harem (for the use of the wives of a king).
Derivable forms: pramadāvanam (प्रमदावनम्).
Pramadāvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramadā and vana (वन). See also (synonyms): pramadākānana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramadavana (प्रमदवन).—n.
(-naṃ) A royal garden or pleasure ground attached to the Haram. E. pramada pleasure and vana a wood.
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Pramadāvana (प्रमदावन).—n.
(-naṃ) A royal garden or pleasure ground attached especially to the private apartments of the palace. E. pramadā a woman and vana a grove.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramadavana (प्रमदवन).—n. a royal garden, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 19, 18.
Pramadavana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramada and vana (वन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramadavana (प्रमदवन).—[neuter] pleasure-grove of the wives of a prince, harem’s garden.
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Pramadāvana (प्रमदावन).—[neuter] = pramadavana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pramadavana (प्रमदवन):—[=pra-mada-vana] [from pra-mada > pra-mand] n. = dā-v, [Kālidāsa]
2) Pramadāvana (प्रमदावन):—[=pra-madā-vana] [from pra-madā > pra-mada > pra-mand] n. = -kānana, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pramadavana (प्रमदवन):—[pra-mada-vana] (naṃ) 1. n. Idem.
2) Pramadāvana (प्रमदावन):—[pramadā-vana] (naṃ) 1. n. Pleasure ground.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPramadavana (ಪ್ರಮದವನ):—[noun] a royal garden or pleasure-ground attached to the gynacaeum.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vana, Pramada.
Starts with: Pramadavanapalika.
Full-text: Pramadakanana.
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