Pramuc: 4 definitions

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Pramuc 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Pramuch.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pramuc (प्रमुच्).—6 P.

1) To set free, liberate, release.

2) To throw, cast, hurl.

3) To shed, emit, end forth.

4) To abandon, forsake, give up, renounce.

5) To loosen, untie, unbind.

6) To expel, drive away, banish.

7) To utter.

8) To put on, wear (as a garland &c.).

9) To give, bestow; अत्र तेऽहं प्रमोक्ष्यामि मालां कुब्जे हिरण्मयीम् (atra te'haṃ pramokṣyāmi mālāṃ kubje hiraṇmayīm) Rām.2.9.47. -Pass.

1) To be loose or detached.

2) To leave off, cease.

3) To free oneself from. -Caus.

1) To loosen, unbind.

2) To liberate, release.

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

Pramuc (प्रमुच्).—et go release from ([ablative]), loosen, untie, shake off scare away, abandon, give up, emit, discharge, shed; hurl, shoot off. [Passive] get rid of ([ablative] or [instrumental]); become loose, fall off (fruit); leave off, cease.

Pramuc is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and muc (मुच्).

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

Pramuc (प्रमुच्):—[=pra-√muc] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -muñcati, te, to set free, let go, liberate, release from ([ablative]), [Ṛg-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Yājñavalkya];

—to loosen, loose, untie, unbind, undo, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Chāndogya-upaniṣad];

—to rid one’s self of ([genitive case]), escape, [Rāmāyaṇa];—([indeclinable participle] -mucya, having liberated one’s self from [ablative] [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]);

—to drive away, banish, shake off, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata];

—to give up, resign, renounce, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to discharge, emit, throw out, shed, [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to hurl, fling, throw, shoot, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to utter, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary];

—to throw or put on (as a garland etc.), [ib.];

—to lend, bestow, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] :

—[Passive voice] -mucyate, to free one’s self from ([ablative] or [instrumental case]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.;

—to be loosened, become loose or detached, fall off (as fruits), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata];

—to leave off, cease, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kaṭha-upaniṣad] :

—[Causal] -mocayati, to liberate from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata];

—to loosen, untie, [Raghuvaṃśa [Scholiast or Commentator]]:

—[Desiderative] -mumukṣati, to be about to give up or resign, [Mahābhārata]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pramuc (प्रमुच्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pamuṃca.

context information

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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