Prami, Pramī: 5 definitions

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Prami 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Pramī (प्रमी).—9 U.

1) To destroy, annihilate, kill, slay.

2) To diminish.

3) To surmount, get over.

4) To surpass, outstrip.

5) Ved. To transgress, infringe.

6) Ved. To lose or miss (one's way).

7) To perish, die. -Caus. To destroy, annihilate &c.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prami (प्रमि).—erect, build; perceive, understand.

Prami is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and mi (मि).

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Pramī (प्रमी).—frustrate, annul, destroy, annihilate; change, alter; transgress, neglect, miss, forget; outstrip, surpass. [Passive] [Middle] perish, die. [Causative] destroy, kill; cause to be killed by ([instrumental]). — Cf. pramīta.

Pramī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and mī (मी).

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

1) Prami (प्रमि):—[=pra-mi] -√1. mi [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -minoti, -minute, to erect, build, [Kauṣītaki-upaniṣad];

—to judge, observe, perceive, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Nyāya] [commentator or commentary] [Suśruta] ([indeclinable participle] pra-māya). 2.

2) Pramī (प्रमी):—[=pra-√mī] a [Parasmaipada] -mināti (-mīṇāti, [Pāṇini 8-4, 15]; -miṇoti, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]; [Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] -miyam, -miye and -metos cf. below),

2) —to frustrate, annul, destroy, annihilate, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

2) —to change, alter, [Ṛg-veda];

2) —to neglect, transgress, infringe, [ib.];

2) —to miss, lose (one’s way or time), forget, [ib.; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

2) —to cause to disappear, put out of sight, [Ṛg-veda];

2) —to leave behind, outstrip, surmount, surpass, [ib.; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] : ([Ātmanepada] or [Passive voice] -mīyate [Aorist] [subjunctive] -meṣṭhāḥ)

2) —to come to naught, perish, die, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.:

2) —[Causal] -māpayati, to destroy, annihilate, kill, slay, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya] etc.;

2) —to cause to kill, [Yājñavalkya]

3) [=pra-mī] b mfn. in vāta-p q.v.

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

Pramī (प्रमी):—s. vāta; pramīta s. u. mī mit pra .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pramī (प्रमी):—Adj. in vatapramī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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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