Pranati, Praṇati: 14 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
praṇati (प्रणति).—f S Salutation, reverence, obeisance.
praṇati (प्रणति).—f Salutation, reverence.
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
Praṇati (प्रणति).—f.
1) A bow, salutation, obeisance; तव सर्वविधेयवर्तिनः प्रणतिं बिभ्रति के न भूमृतः (tava sarvavidheyavartinaḥ praṇatiṃ bibhrati ke na bhūmṛtaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 16.5; R.4.88.
2) Submissiveness, humility, courtesy; स ददर्श वेतसवनाचरितां प्रणतिं बलीयसि समृद्धिकरीम् (sa dadarśa vetasavanācaritāṃ praṇatiṃ balīyasi samṛddhikarīm) Kirātārjunīya 6.5; निर्जितेषु तरसा तरस्विनां शत्रुषु प्रणतिरेव कीर्तये (nirjiteṣu tarasā tarasvināṃ śatruṣu praṇatireva kīrtaye) R.11.89.
3) Inclination, bending, stooping.
Derivable forms: praṇatiḥ (प्रणतिः).
Praṇati (प्रणति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Salutation, reverence, obeisance. 2. Courtesy. E. pra before, nam to bow, ktin aff.
Praṇati (प्रणति).—i. e. pra-nam + ti, f. Salutation, reverence, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 145.
Praṇati (प्रणति).—[feminine] bending, bowing, salutation.
Praṇati (प्रणति):—[=pra-ṇati] [from pra-ṇam] f. bending, bowing, inclination, salutation, reverence, obeisance, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
Praṇati (प्रणति):—[pra-ṇati] (tiḥ) 2. f. Salutation, obeisance.
Praṇati (प्रणति):—(von nam mit pra) f. Verneigung, Verbeugung, ehrfurchtsvolle Begrüssung [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1503.] [Halāyudha 4, 64.] [Kapila 4, 19.] sthita [Mahābhārata 2, 957.] prasthānapraṇatibhiḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 88.] nirjiteṣu tarasā tarasvināṃ śatruṣu praṇatireva kīrtyate [11, 89. 13, 44. 78.] [Spr. 396.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 77.] kṛta [4, 151. 280. 531. 5, 145.] jagatpraṇatiṃ ca viṣṇoḥ vor V. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 16, 17.] te tasya gatvā praṇatim [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 18, 23.]
Praṇati (प्रणति):—f. Verneigung , Verbeugung , ehrfurchtsvolle Begrüssung ; das Object im Gen. , oder im Comp. vorangehend.
Praṇati (प्रणति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṇai.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Praṇati (प्रणति):—(nf) (the act or process of) bowing, reverential salutation; obeisance.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Praṇati (ಪ್ರಣತಿ):—
1) [noun] a votive lamp with a wick and oil, used to light before a deity.
2) [noun] the tongue or flame of the burning wick in this.
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Praṇati (ಪ್ರಣತಿ):—
1) [noun] the act of bending, bowing, stooping.
2) [noun] a bending of one’s body in respect, worship, submission, etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Praṇati (प्रणति):—n. 1. bow; salutation; obeisance; 3. submissiveness; humility; courtesy; 3. prayer; entreaty;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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