Prasarpin: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasarpin (प्रसर्पिन्).—a.

1) Going forth, progressing, advancing.

2) Creeping along.

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

1) Prasarpin (प्रसर्पिन्):—[=pra-sarpin] [from pra-sarpa > pra-sṛp] mfn. coming forth, issuing from ([compound]), [Śakuntalā] ([varia lectio])

2) [v.s. ...] creeping along, crawling away, [Varāha-mihira]

3) [v.s. ...] going to the Sadas (cf. sarpaka), [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

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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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