Pramapana, Pramāpaṇa: 10 definitions
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Pramapana 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
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaPramāpaṇa (प्रमापण) refers to “killing”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 19.12.—Cf. pramāpaṇaniṣṇātaiḥ; Haravijaya 43.58 (“mīñ hiṃsāyām”).
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPramāpaṇa (प्रमापण).—Form, shape.
Derivable forms: pramāpaṇam (प्रमापणम्).
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Pramāpaṇa (प्रमापण).—Killing, slaughter; नभसि महसां ध्वान्तध्वाङ्क्षप्रमापणपत्रिणाम् (nabhasi mahasāṃ dhvāntadhvāṅkṣapramāpaṇapatriṇām) N.19.12. cf. प्रमापणनिष्णातैः (pramāpaṇaniṣṇātaiḥ) Haravijaya 43.58; Daśakumāracarita 2.3.
Derivable forms: pramāpaṇam (प्रमापणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāpaṇa (प्रमापण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Killing, slaughter. E. pra before, mīñ to hurt or kill, puk augment, from its taking the causal form, and lyuṭ aff.; the na of the affix also being unchanged, the word is written pramāpana n.
(-naṃ)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāpaṇa (प्रमापण).—i. e. A. pra-mī, [Causal.], + ana, I. adj. Killing, Yājñ, 2, 279. Ii. n. 1. Killing. 2. Slaughter, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 140. B. pra-me. [Causal.], + ana, n. Change, Mahābhārata 12, 13252.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāpaṇa (प्रमापण).—[feminine] ī murdering; [neuter] slaughter.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pramāpaṇa (प्रमापण):—[=pra-māpaṇa] [from pra-mātṛ > pra-mā] a n. (for 2. See [column]2) form, shape, [Mahābhārata]
2) [=pra-māpaṇa] 1. pra-māpaṇa See pra-√mā.
3) [v.s. ...] 2a etc. See pra-√mī.
4) [=pra-māpaṇa] [from pra-mī] 2b mf(ī)n. ([from] [Causal]; for 1. See [column]1) murdering, a murderer, [Yājñavalkya]
5) [v.s. ...] n. (also māpana, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) slaughter, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāpaṇa (प्रमापण):—[pra-māpaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Killing, slaughter.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusPramāpaṇa (ಪ್ರಮಾಪಣ):—[noun] a killing, slaughtering.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Sampramapana.
Full-text: Pramapayitri, Pramapita, Pramapin, Pramapayitritva, Sampramapana, Mapana.
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