Prapanika, Prāpaṇika: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrāpaṇika (प्रापणिक).—A merchant, trader; आढ्यादिव प्रापणिकादजस्रम् (āḍhyādiva prāpaṇikādajasram) Śiśupālavadha 4.11; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.88.14.
Derivable forms: prāpaṇikaḥ (प्रापणिकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāpaṇika (प्रापणिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A trader, a dealer. 2. A retail dealer. E. pra and āṅ before, paṇ to deal, to transact business, kikan Unadi aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāpaṇika (प्रापणिक).—i. e. pra-ā-paṇ + ika, m. A trader, a merchant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prapāṇika (प्रपाणिक):—[=pra-pāṇika] m. the fore-arm, [Caraka]
2) Prāpaṇika (प्रापणिक):—[=prā-paṇika] [from prā] a m. ([from] -paṇa; but cf. [Uṇādi-sūtra ii, 42]) a trader, dealer, [Mahābhārata; Śiśupāla-vadha]
3) b etc. See under 3. prā, p. 702, col. 2.
4) Prāpaṇikā (प्रापणिका):—f. a bold girl unfit for marriage, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāpaṇika (प्रापणिक):—[prā+paṇika] (kaḥ) 1. m. A trader, dealer.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPrāpaṇika (ಪ್ರಾಪಣಿಕ):—[noun] a man whose business is buying and selling goods for profit; a trader; a merchant.
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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