Pranaprada, Prāṇaprada, Prana-prada: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāṇaprada (प्राणप्रद).—a. restoring or saving life.

Prāṇaprada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and prada (प्रद). See also (synonyms): prāṇadāyaka, prāṇadāyin.

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

Prāṇaprada (प्राणप्रद).—mfn.

(-daḥ-dā-daṃ) Saving life, when in imminent danger. E. prāṇa and prada who or what gives.

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Prāṇapradā (प्राणप्रदा).—f.

(-dā) A medicinal plant, commonly called Riddhi. E. prāṇa life, prada what gives.

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

Prāṇaprada (प्राणप्रद).—[adjective] saving or having saved a person’s life.

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

1) Prāṇaprada (प्राणप्रद):—[=prāṇa-prada] [from prāṇa > prān] mfn. restoring or saving another’s l°, [Kathāsaritsāgara] (-phala n. Name of [work])

2) [v.s. ...] (in [rhetoric]) ‘vivifying’, [Kāvyaprakāśa]

3) Prāṇapradā (प्राणप्रदा):—[=prāṇa-pradā] [from prāṇa-prada > prāṇa > prān] f. a species of [medicine] plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Prāṇapradā (प्राणप्रदा):—[prāṇa-pradā] (dā) 1. f. A medicinal plant.

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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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