Pranadyuta, Prana-dyuta, Prāṇadyūta: 5 definitions
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Pranadyuta 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
prāṇadyūta (प्राणद्यूत).—n S (Gambling for life.) A term for desperate or furious battle or fighting.
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
Prāṇadyūta (प्राणद्यूत).—fighting for life.
Derivable forms: prāṇadyūtam (प्राणद्यूतम्).
Prāṇadyūta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and dyūta (द्यूत). See also (synonyms): prāṇadurodara.
Prāṇadyūta (प्राणद्यूत):—[=prāṇa-dyūta] [from prāṇa > prān] n. play or contest for l°, [Mahābhārata]
Prāṇadyūta (प्राणद्यूत):—(1. prāṇa + dyūta) n. ein Spiel um’s Leben, ein Kampf auf Leben und Tod [Mahābhārata 4, 1885.] yuddhe prāṇadyūtābhidevane im Kampfe, bei dem das Leben auf’s Spiel gesetzt wurde, [9, 760.]
Prāṇadyūta (प्राणद्यूत):—n. ein Spiel um’s Leben , ein Kampf auf Leben und Tod.
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: Dyuta, Prana.
Starts with: Pranadyutabhidevana.
Full-text: Pranadyutabhidevana, Pranadurodara, Pratibhaya.
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