Pranu, Praṇu: 3 definitions
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Pranu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Praṇu (प्रणु).—2, 6 P.
1) To praise.
2) To mutter the sacred syllable om.
3) To roar, bellow.
4) To resound.
Pranu (प्रनु).—roar, sound, howl, hum, utter ([especially] the syllable Om).
Pranu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and nu (नु).
Praṇu (प्रणु):—[=pra-ṇu] (√nu) [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -navati, te, to roar, bellow, sound, reverberate, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];
— [Parasmaipada] -ṇauti, to make a humming or droning sound;
— ([especially]) to utter the syllable om, [Brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; ???]
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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Starts with: Pranud, Pranuda, Pranudanc, Pranudita, Pranukti, Pranuna, Pranunna, Pranur, Pranuta, Pranute, Pranuti, Pranutisu, Pranutta, Pranuttara.
Full-text: Pranava, Pranuta, Pranavatva, Pranavakalpa, Pranavadarpana, Pranavavyakhya, Pranavarcanacandrika, Pranavarthanirnaya, Pranavaparishishta, Pranavarthaprakashikavyakhyana, Pranavopanishad, Abhipranu, Nu.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 183 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 3]
Page 455 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 2]
Page 311 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 2]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 17 < [Volume 4 (1877)]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 23 - Deities of Rgveda VI.49-62 < [Chapter 5 - Deities of Rigveda IV.33–VII.49]
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)