Pranavyaya, Prāṇavyaya, Prana-vyaya: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāṇavyaya (प्राणव्यय).—cost or sacrifice of life.

Derivable forms: prāṇavyayaḥ (प्राणव्ययः).

Prāṇavyaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and vyaya (व्यय).

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

Prāṇavyaya (प्राणव्यय).—m.

(-yaḥ) Death, expenditure of life. E. prāṇa, and vyaya expense.

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

Prāṇavyaya (प्राणव्यय).—[masculine] loss of life.

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

Prāṇavyaya (प्राणव्यय):—[=prāṇa-vyaya] [from prāṇa > prān] m. renunciation or sacrifice of l°, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

Prāṇavyaya (प्राणव्यय):—[prāṇa-vyaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Exhaustion; death.

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Pranavyaya 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.

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