Pramshu, Prāṃśu, Pranshu: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prāṃśu can be transliterated into English as Pramsu or Pramshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Prāṃśu (प्रांशु):—Son of Vatsaprīti (son of Bhalandana). He had a son named Pramati. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.2)
2) Prāṃśu:—One of the twelve sons of Vatsaprī and Sunandā. He succeeded his father (Vatsaprī) as king. He, in turn, had a son named Prajāti who succeed him as king. (Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa CXVII)
1a) Prāṃśu (प्रांशु).—A son of Vatsaprīti and father of Pramati (Prajāpati, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 2. 24; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 1. 21-2.
1b) One of the nine sons of Vaivasvata Manu.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 38. 31; III. 60. 3; Vāyu-purāṇa 85. 4. Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 1. 7.
1c) A son of Bhalandana; had a son Prajāni who was taken to Heaven by Samvarta.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 61. 4; Vāyu-purāṇa 86. 3-4.
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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Nāma 153. Prāṃśuḥ (प्रांशुः)—Prāṃśu means tall. This again is an extension of nāma 151. This refers to Vāmana’s transformation from a dwarf into a tall person, touching the Satyaloka, the abode of Brahmā. Nārāyaṇīyaṃ (31.6) explains this by saying, “As the worlds looked on, Your form grew up higher and higher to cosmic dimensions.”
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Prāṃśu (प्रांशु).—a. [prakṛṣṭāḥ aṃśavo'tra]
1) High, tall, lofty, of lofty or great stature (as a man); शालप्रांशुर्महाभुजः (śālaprāṃśurmahābhujaḥ) R.1.13; 15.19.
2) Long, extended; Ś.2.15.
-śuḥ A tall man, a man of great stature; प्रांशुलभ्ये फले मोहादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः (prāṃśulabhye phale mohādudbāhuriva vāmanaḥ) R.1.3.
Prāṃśu (प्रांशु).—mfn. (-śuḥ-śuḥ-śu) 1. High, tall, lofty. 2. A tall man, a man of great stature. E. pra before, aṃśu a ray of light.
Prāṃśu (प्रांशु).—adj. 1. Tall, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 15, 53; lofty, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 15, 19. 2. Long, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 49.
Prāṃśu (प्रांशु).—[adjective] tall, high.
1) Prāṃśu (प्रांशु):—mfn. (said to be [from] pra + aṃśu) high, tall, long, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) strong, intense, [Naiṣadha-carita]
3) m. Name of a son of Manu Vaivasvata, [Harivaṃśa; Purāṇa]
4) of a son of Vatsa-prī (or -prīti), [Purāṇa]
Prāṃśu (प्रांशु):—[prāṃ+śu] (śuḥ-śuḥ-śu) a. High, lofty.
Prāṃśu (प्रांशु):—(1. pra + aṃśu)
1) adj. hoch [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1429.] [Halāyudha 4, 66.] von Personen: kṣaṇātprāṃśuḥ kṣaṇāddhrasvaḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 5367. 3, 11096. 13, 6966] (neben vāmana von Viṣṇu). prāṃśulabhye phale von einem Hochgewachsenen [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 3.] śāla [13.] [VARĀH. LAGHUJ. 2, 14.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 21, 47.] von Śiva [Śivanāmasahasra] gaja [Mahābhārata 12, 4280.] veśmāni [5, 3578.] druma [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 19.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 2, 4.] atiprāṃśuvaṃśakāṇḍa [Prabodhacandrodaja 21, 10.] giri [Mahābhārata 6, 420.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 21, 13. 4, 63, 22. 6, 15, 20.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 51.] śilāstambha [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 174.] prākāra [38, 20.] [Harivaṃśa 3098.] nagaraparighaprāṃśubāhu lang [Śākuntala 48.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Manu Vaivasvata [Harivaṃśa 614.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 348.] des Vatsapri (Vatsaprīti) [?352. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 118, 1. 3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 2, 24. Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, Anhang XV.]
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Prāṃśu (प्रांशु):—
1) am Schluss hinzuzufügen [Kathāsaritsāgara 56, 74.]
Prāṃśu (प्रांशु):——
1) Adj. — a) hoch , lang. — b) sehr stark , intensiv (Glanz) [Naiṣadhacarita 7,29.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines Sohnes des Manu Vaivasvata. — b) des Vatsaprī (oder Vatsaprīti).
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
Prāṃśu (ಪ್ರಾಂಶು):—
1) [adjective] of more than normal height or stature; tall.
2) [adjective] not short or brief; measuring much from end to end in space or from beginning to end in time; long.
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Prāṃśu (ಪ್ರಾಂಶು):—
1) [noun] that which is long.
2) [noun] a tall person.
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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