Prapada, Prapāda: 10 definitions

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Prapada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prapada (प्रपद).—n S The middle of the foot,--the five bones connecting the tarsus and the toes, the metatarsus. Ex. tyāñcē muguṭa ratnakiraṇēṃ sācāra || prapadēṃ jyāñcī ujaḷalīṃ ||; also sakaḷa rāyāñcē muguṭa yēkasarīṃ || ruḷati daśarathācyā prapadāvari ||.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prapada (प्रपद).—

1) The forepart of the foot; स तं गृहीत्वा प्रपदोर्भ्रामयित्वैकपाणिना (sa taṃ gṛhītvā prapadorbhrāmayitvaikapāṇinā) Bhāgavata 1.15.32.

2) Tip of the toe.

Derivable forms: prapadam (प्रपदम्).

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Prapāda (प्रपाद).—Ved. Miscarriage.

Derivable forms: prapādaḥ (प्रपादः).

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

Prapada (प्रपद).—n.

(-daṃ) The point of the foot, the tip of the toes. E. pra projecting and pada the foot.

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

Prapada (प्रपद).—[pra-pada], n. The point of the foot, the tip of the toes, [Draupadīpramātha] 5, 7.

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

Prapada (प्रपद).—[neuter] = [preceding]; point of the foot, tip of the toes.

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

1) Prapāda (प्रपाद):—[=pra-pāda] [from pra-panna > pra-pad] See a-prapāda.

2) Prapada (प्रपद):—[=pra-pada] [from pra-pad] n. idem the point of the foot, tip of the toes (dais ind. on tiptoe), [Ṛg-veda]; etc.

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

Prapada (प्रपद):—[pra-pada] (daṃ) 1. n. Tip of the toes.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prapada in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prapada (ಪ್ರಪದ):—

1) [noun] the front portion of the foot.

2) [noun] the tip of the toe.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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