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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण).—n or prāṇadhāraṇā f (S) Keeping or maintaining of life. Ex. āmhī kandamūla khāūna kasēṃ tarīṃ pra0 karitōṃ. 2 In Yog. Suspending the breath.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

prāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण).—

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prāṇadhāraṇā (प्राणधारणा).—n or prāṇadhāraṇā f Keeping or maintaining of life.

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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 dictionary

Prāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण).—

1) maintenance or support of life.

2) vitality.

3) a means of supporting life.

Derivable forms: prāṇadhāraṇam (प्राणधारणम्).

Prāṇadhāraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and dhāraṇa (धारण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Sustenance, supporting life. E. prāṇa and dhāraṇa upholding.

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

Prāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण).—[neuter] support or prolongation of life.

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

1) Prāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण):—[=prāṇa-dhāraṇa] [from prāṇa > prān] n. support or maintenance or prolongation of life (ṇaṃ √kṛ [Parasmaipada], to support another’s l°; [Ātmanepada], also with ṇāṃ, to support one’s own l°, take food), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] means of supporting l°, livelihood, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

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

Prāṇadhāraṇa (प्राणधारण):—[prāṇa-dhāraṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Sustaining life.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pranadharana 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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Partial matches: Dharana, Prana, Tarana.

Full-text: Tavanmatra, Tarpana, Kar.

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