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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Prāṇāntika (प्राणान्तिक) refers to “fatal” (diseases), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).— Accordingly, “Bhava Ketu is a comet visible only for a single night and in the east, possessing a small disc; it is glossy; the tail is bent like that of a lion. There will be unprecedented happiness in the land for as many months as the number of hours for which it continues to be visible; if it should be fearful to look at, fatal diseases [i.e., prāṇāntika—prāṇāntikān rogān] will afflict mankind”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Prāṇāntika.—(SITI), ‘till the close of one's life’. Note: prāṇāntika is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prāṇāntika (प्राणांतिक) [or प्राणांतीक, prāṇāntīka].—n (prāṇānta) The ending of life; the dying hour. 2 Used as a Endangering life; extremely perilous--a sickness or an incident.

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

prāṇāntika (प्राणांतिक) [or prāṇāntīka, or प्राणांतीक].—n The ending of life. Extremely perilous. a Fatal. Capital-punishment.

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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

Prāṇāntika (प्राणान्तिक).—a.

1) fatal, mortal.

2) lasting to the end of life, ending with life.

3) dangerous.

4) capital (as a sentence); अज्ञानात् वारुणीं पीत्वा संस्कारेणैव शुद्ध्यति । मतिपूर्वमनिर्देश्यं प्राणान्तिकमिति स्थितिः (ajñānāt vāruṇīṃ pītvā saṃskāreṇaiva śuddhyati | matipūrvamanirdeśyaṃ prāṇāntikamiti sthitiḥ) || Ms. 11.146.

-kam murder.

Prāṇāntika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and antika (अन्तिक).

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

Prāṇāntika (प्राणान्तिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) 1. Fatal, destructive of life. 2. Capital, (as punishment.) n.

(-kaṃ) Murder, assassination. E. prāṇa and antika final.

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

Prāṇāntika (प्राणान्तिक).—[adjective] = [preceding] [adjective] + lifelong; [neuter] peril of life.

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

1) Prāṇāntika (प्राणान्तिक):—[from prāṇa > prān] mf(ī)n. destructive or dangerous to l°, fatal, mortal, capital (as punishment), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] l°-long, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Pañcatantra] ([Bombay edition]; am ind.)

3) [v.s. ...] desperate, vehement (as love, desire etc.), [Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [v.s. ...] n. danger to l°, [Mahābhārata]

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

Prāṇāntika (प्राणान्तिक):—[prāṇā+ntika] (kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a. Fatal; capital (punishment). n. Murder.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Prāṇāntika (प्राणान्तिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pāṇaṃtiya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pranantika 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prāṇāṃtika (ಪ್ರಾಣಾಂತಿಕ):—[adjective] resulting in death.

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Prāṇāṃtika (ಪ್ರಾಣಾಂತಿಕ):—[noun] death.

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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: Prana, Antika.

Starts with: Pranantika Avastha, Pranantikam.

Full-text: Pranantikam, Panamtiya, Antika.

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