Pranadana, Prāṇadāna, Praṇadana, Prana-dana: 8 definitions
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Pranadana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryprāṇadāna (प्राणदान).—n (S) Giving of life; i. e. rescuing or extricating from any jeopardy or extreme peril.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishprāṇadāna (प्राणदान).—n Giving of life; i. e. extri- cating from any extreme peril.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPraṇadana (प्रणदन).—Sounding, a sound.
Derivable forms: praṇadanam (प्रणदनम्).
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Prāṇadāna (प्राणदान).—
1) resigning life.
2) the gift of life, saving one's life.
Derivable forms: prāṇadānam (प्राणदानम्).
Prāṇadāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and dāna (दान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇadana (प्रणदन).—n.
(-naṃ) Sounding, sound.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Praṇadana (प्रणदन):—[=pra-ṇadana] [from pra-ṇad] n. = ṇāda, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Prāṇadāna (प्राणदान):—[=prāṇa-dāna] [from prāṇa > prān] n. gift of (i.e. saving a person’s) life, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] resigning l°, [Pañcatantra]
4) [v.s. ...] anointing the Havis with Ghṛta during the recitation of sacred texts supposed to restore l°, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPrāṇadāna (ಪ್ರಾಣದಾನ):—
1) [noun] a giving of life; a rescuing from great danger or peril.
2) [noun] a remitting from death penalty.
3) [noun] (cricket) a missing of a chance of getting a batsman out, as by dropping a catch.
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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Partial matches: Pra, Nadana, Dana, Prana, Tana.
Full-text: Dakshina.
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