Pranati, Praṇati: 14 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypraṇati (प्रणति).—f S Salutation, reverence, obeisance.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpraṇati (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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPraṇati (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).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇati (प्रणति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Salutation, reverence, obeisance. 2. Courtesy. E. pra before, nam to bow, ktin aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇati (प्रणति).—i. e. pra-nam + ti, f. Salutation, reverence, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 145.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇati (प्रणति).—[feminine] bending, bowing, salutation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇati (प्रणति):—[=pra-ṇati] [from pra-ṇam] f. bending, bowing, inclination, salutation, reverence, obeisance, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇati (प्रणति):—[pra-ṇati] (tiḥ) 2. f. Salutation, obeisance.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Praṇati (प्रणति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṇai.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPraṇati (प्रणति):—(nf) (the act or process of) bowing, reverential salutation; obeisance.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPraṇati (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
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPraṇati (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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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.118 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.41 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.38 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.16.46 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Verse 2.32 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Śrīvāsa and the Inauguration of Saṅkīrtana]
Verse 3.2.178 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.10.17 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 13 [The nature of Cit—the form-less state] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
4. Objectives of Kṣemendra’s Satire < [Chapter 5 - Kṣemendra’s objectives of Satire]
6. Synonymous Word(s) in Sanskrit for Satire < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
11. Chronological Order of the Works < [Chapter 2 - Kṣemendra: His Life and Works]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 3 < [Chapter 6 - Ṣaṣṭha-yāma-sādhana (Sāyaṃ-kālīya-bhajana–bhāva)]