Pramrita, Pramṛta: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pramṛta can be transliterated into English as Pramrta or Pramrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPramṛta (प्रमृत).—One of the ways of earning wealth. There are five ways according to Manusmṛti.
"ṛtāmṛtābhyāṃ jīvettu mṛtena pramṛtena vā / satyānṛtābhyāmapi vā na śvavṛtyā kadācana. //" Śloka 4, Chapter 4, Manusmṛti).
Ṛtam, Amṛtam, Mṛtam, Pramṛtam and Satyānṛtam are the five ways.
Each has been described thus:
"ṛtamuñchaśilaṃ jñeyam amṛtaṃ syādayācitam / mṛtantu yācitaṃ bhaikṣam pramṛtaṃ karṣaṇaṃ smṛtam // satyānṛtantu vāṇijyam tena caivāpi jīvyate / sevā śvavṛttirākhyātā tasmāt tāṃ parivarjjayet //" (Ślokas 5 and 6, Chapter 4. Manusmṛti)
(Ṛtam is the collection of grains from paddy fields with two fingers. Amṛta is that which is obtained without begging and Mṛta is that which is obtained by begging. Wealth that is obtained by agriculture is Pramṛta and that which is obtained by trade is Satyānṛta. Wealth obtained by sevā (flattery and service) is to be avoided.)
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPramṛta (प्रमृत).—p. p.
1) Dead, deceased.
2) Covered, concealed.
3) Withdrawn or gone out of sight.
-tam 1 Death.
2) Cultivation; ऋतामृताभ्यां जीवेत्तु मृतेन प्रमृतेन वा (ṛtāmṛtābhyāṃ jīvettu mṛtena pramṛtena vā) Manusmṛti 4.4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramṛta (प्रमृत).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Covered, concealed, withdrawn or gone out of sight. 2. Dead. n.
(-taṃ) Tillage, cultivation. E. pra before, mṛ to die, kta aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramṛta (प्रमृत).—[adjective] dead; [neuter] death.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pramṛta (प्रमृत):—[=pra-mṛta] [from pra-mṛ] a mfn. deceased, dead, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] withdrawn or gone out of sight
3) [v.s. ...] covered, concealed, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] n. death, [Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] tillage, cultivation (as causing the death of many beings), [Manu-smṛti iv, 4, 5] (cf. [x, 83]).
6) [=pra-mṛta] b etc. See pra-√mṛ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramṛta (प्रमृत):—[pra-mṛta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Dead; covered, concealed. n. Tillage.
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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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