Pranaghataka, Prāṇaghātaka: 4 definitions
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Pranaghataka 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 Dictionaryprāṇaghātaka (प्राणघातक) [or प्राणघातकी, prāṇaghātakī].—a S That destroys life; murderous, lethiferous, mortal, fatal, dangerous.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishprāṇaghātaka (प्राणघातक) [or praṇaghātakī, or प्रणघातकी].—a Murderous, dangerous.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇaghātaka (प्राणघातक):—[=prāṇa-ghātaka] [from prāṇa > prān] ([Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]) mf(ī)n. life-destroying, killing, mortal.
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 corpusPrāṇaghātaka (ಪ್ರಾಣಘಾತಕ):—[adjective] causing death or likely to cause death; deadly.
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Prāṇaghātaka (ಪ್ರಾಣಘಾತಕ):—
1) [noun] a killing (illegally) another.
2) [noun] he who causes or is likely to cause death; a killer; a murderer.
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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