Prananta, Prāṇānta, Prāṇanta, Prana-anta: 10 definitions
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Prananta 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 Dictionaryprāṇānta (प्राणांत).—m (S) The last extremity; the closing season of life. 2 Extreme hazard or danger, jeopardy; as laḍhāīnta jāṇēṃ hā kēvaḷa prā0 āhē. Also in comp. as prāṇāntajēvaṇa-yātanā-vyathā-samaya. Also a jeopardy or life-peril; as thōra prāṇānta vōḍhavalā||. Also the end or termination of life, death. Ex. macha taḷamaḷati tuṭatāṃ jīvana || prāṇānta vōḍavē tyālāgōna ||.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishprāṇānta (प्राणांत).—m The last extremity. Extreme danger. The end of life, death.
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 dictionaryPrāṇanta (प्राणन्त).—Air, wind.
Derivable forms: prāṇantaḥ (प्राणन्तः).
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Prāṇānta (प्राणान्त).—death; capital punishment; अब्राह्मणः संग्रहणे प्राणान्तं दण्डमर्हति (abrāhmaṇaḥ saṃgrahaṇe prāṇāntaṃ daṇḍamarhati) Manusmṛti 8.359.
Derivable forms: prāṇāntaḥ (प्राणान्तः).
Prāṇānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and anta (अन्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇanta (प्राणन्त).—m.
(-ntaḥ) 1. Air, wind. 2. A sort of collyrium: see rasāñjana. f. (-ntī) 1. Sneezing. 2. Hic-cough. E. pra before, an to breathe, Unadi aff. jhac, fem. aff. ṅīṣ.
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Prāṇānta (प्राणान्त).—n.
(-ntaṃ) Death. E. prāṇa and anta end.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇanta (प्राणन्त).—[prāṇant + a] (vb. an), I. m. Wind. Ii. f. tī, Hiccough.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇānta (प्राणान्त).—1. [masculine] end of life, death.
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Prāṇānta (प्राणान्त).—2. [adjective] causing the end of life; [with] daṇḍa [masculine] punishment of death.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prāṇānta (प्राणान्त):—[from prāṇa > prān] m. ‘l°-end’, death, [Raghuvaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. capital punishment, [Manu-smṛti viii, 359.]
3) Prāṇanta (प्राणन्त):—[from prān] m. ([Uṇādi-sūtra iii, 127]) air, wind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of collyrium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prāṇanta (प्राणन्त):—[prā+ṇanta] (ntaḥ) 1. m. Air, collyrium. f. (ntī) Sneezing; hickup.
2) Prāṇānta (प्राणान्त):—[prāṇā+nta] (ntaṃ) 1. n. Death.
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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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