Prapautra: 15 definitions

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Prapautra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Prapautra in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र) refers to “great-grandson”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.15 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, as Bhārgava narrated to Jalandhara the details regarding the headless Rāhu: “O Jalandhara, O great hero, O benefactor of the Asuras, listen to the account. I shall relate everything exactly as it had happened. Once there was a strong hero Bali, the son of Virocana and great-grandson (prapautra) of Hiraṇyakaśipu. He was foremost among the virtuous. The gods including Indra being defeated by him sought refuge in Viṣṇu. Eager to gain their ends they told him all details. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Prapautra.—cf. pautra-prāpautrika (CII 1); the great-grandson. Note: prapautra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

India history book cover
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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prapautra in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prapautra (प्रपौत्र).—m S A great grandson in the male line.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

prapautra (प्रपौत्र).—m A great grandson in the male line.

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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

[«previous next»] — Prapautra in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र).—A great-grandson; लोकनन्त्यं दिवः प्राप्तिः पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रकैः (lokanantyaṃ divaḥ prāptiḥ putrapautraprapautrakaiḥ) Y.1.78.

-trī A great-grand-daughter.

Derivable forms: prapautraḥ (प्रपौत्रः).

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

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र).—m.

(-traḥ) A great grandson. f. (-trī) A great grand-daughter. E. pra preceding, pautra a son’s son.

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

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र).—[pra-pautra], 1. and ºtraka tra + ka, m. A great-grandson, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 9, 7, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 78. 2. f. trī, A greatgranddaughter.

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

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र).—[masculine] ī [feminine] great-grandson or -daughter.

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

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र):—[=pra-pautra] m. the son of a son’s son, a great-grandson, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī] (also traka, [Yājñavalkya])

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

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र):—[pra-pautra] (traḥ) 1. m. A great grandson.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paputta, Papotta, Pavotta.

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Prapautra 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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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prapautra in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Prapautra (प्रपौत्र):—(nm) great-grand-son; ~[trī] great grand-daughter.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prapautra (ಪ್ರಪೌತ್ರ):—[noun] a son of one’s soṇs son; a great grandson.

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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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