Praptaprasava, Prāptaprasava, Prapta-prasava: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāptaprasava (प्राप्तप्रसव).—a.

1) delivered of a child.

2) near her confinement; प्राप्तप्रसव- मात्मानं गङ्गादेव्यां विमुञ्चति (prāptaprasava- mātmānaṃ gaṅgādevyāṃ vimuñcati) Uttararāmacarita 7.2.

Prāptaprasava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāpta and prasava (प्रसव).

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

Prāptaprasavā (प्राप्तप्रसवा):—[=prāpta-prasavā] [from prāpta > prāp] f. a woman who is near parturition, [Uttararāma-carita]

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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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