Prami, Pramī: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller 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 (मी).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams 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.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prami 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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