Prasahyacaura, Prasahya-caura: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrasahyacaura (प्रसह्यचौर).—a plunderer, highwayman.
Derivable forms: prasahyacauraḥ (प्रसह्यचौरः).
Prasahyacaura is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prasahya and caura (चौर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasahyacaura (प्रसह्यचौर).—m.
(-raḥ) A robber, a plunderer. E. prasahya violently, and caura a thief.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasahyacaura (प्रसह्यचौर):—[=pra-sahya-caura] [from pra-sahya > pra-sah] m. ‘violent thief’, a robber, plunderer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasahyacaura (प्रसह्यचौर):—[prasahya-caura] (raḥ) 1. m. A robber.
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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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