Prasava: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Prasava (प्रसव).—A son of Bhṛgu.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 87.
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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Prasava (प्रसव) refers to “birth of a child” and is one of the six reasons for “conjugal union” (vāsaka) between a king and a women, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 24. Accordingly, “conjugal union (vāsaka) being due, kings should go to the bed-chamber of a wife even if she may be in her menses and may not be his favourite”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Prasava (प्रसव) refers to a “flower”, as mentioned in a list of eight synonyms, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Prasava] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Prasava (प्रसव) refers to the “flowers of (beans)” (forming part of the recommended regimen for elephants in the autumn season), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “36. Rice with abundant blossoms and plentiful sap up to the neck, a cool place, beans to be administered with their flowers (saprasava) [deyāḥ saprasavāśca] along with māṣa (another bean), and makuṣṭa (another bean, Phaseolus aconitifolius) and the like, and wheat; bathing in water every day, and in the evening the same; food with boiled milk enriched with ghee and (meat) broth—this is the regimen for autumn”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Prasava (प्रसव) or Yoniprasava refers to an “delivery” (i.e. giving birth), and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 2) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha (mentioning yoni-prasava) has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaiva philosophy
Prasava (प्रसव) refers to the “production of effects” (i.e., Māyā is of a nature to produce effects, whereas Śiva and Puruṣa do not produce anything), according to Bhaṭṭa Rāmakaṇṭha’s 10th-century Tattvatrayanirṇayavivṛti—a commentary on the 7th-century Tattvatrayanirṇaya by Sadyojyoti which discusses philosophical aspects of Śiva including the theories of Puruṣas (souls), Māyā (primal matter) and Mala (the innate impurity afflicting souls).—Accordingly, [root text verse 4]: “Śiva and the soul (puruṣa) are beyond number, do not produce anything (prasava-vihīna) and are endowed with sentience. The category māyā is single, is of a nature to produce effects (prasavitva-yukta) and is devoid of sentience. (4)”
Shaiva philosophy is a spritiual tradition within Hinduism that includes theories such as the relationship between the Atman (individual soul) and Siva, the nature of liberation (moksha), and the concepts of maya (illusion) and shakti (divine energy). Saiva philosophy teaches that union with Shiva can be achieved through knowledge, devotion, and spiritual practice. It encompasses major branches like Shaiva Siddhanta and Kashmir Shaivism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
prasava (प्रसव).—m (S) Bringing forth or bearing (of young). 2 Birth or production. 3 Offspring.
prasava (प्रसव).—m Bringing forth (of young). Birth. Offspring.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Prasava (प्रसव).—1 Begetting, generation, procreation, birth, production; प्रसवविकारो स्त्रीणां द्वित्रिचतुःप्रभृति संप्रसूतौ वा । हीनातिरिक्तकाले च देशकुलसंक्षयो भवति (prasavavikāro strīṇāṃ dvitricatuḥprabhṛti saṃprasūtau vā | hīnātiriktakāle ca deśakulasaṃkṣayo bhavati) Bṛ. S.
2) Child-birth, delivery, confinement; an in आसन्नप्रसवा (āsannaprasavā).
3) Offspring, progeny, young ones, children; oft. at the end of comp.; केवलं वीरप्रसवा भूयाः (kevalaṃ vīraprasavā bhūyāḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1; Kumārasambhava 7.87.
4) Source, origin, brith-place (fig. also); प्रसवः कर्मफलस्य भूरिणः (prasavaḥ karmaphalasya bhūriṇaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.43.
5) Flower, blossom; प्रसवविभूतिषु भूरुहां विरक्तः (prasavavibhūtiṣu bhūruhāṃ viraktaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 7.42; नीता लोध्रप्रसवरजसा पाण्डुतामानने श्रीः (nītā lodhraprasavarajasā pāṇḍutāmānane śrīḥ) Meghadūta 67; कुन्दप्रसवशिथिलं जीवितम् (kundaprasavaśithilaṃ jīvitam) 113; R.9.28; Kumārasambhava 1.55;4.14; Ś.5.9; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.27.31; Uttararāmacarita 2.2.
6) A fruit, product; यज्ञप्रसववर्जिताः (yajñaprasavavarjitāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.18.46.
7) Ved. Extracting Soma juice; अपुत्रः प्रसवेनार्थी वनवासमुपावसत् (aputraḥ prasavenārthī vanavāsamupāvasat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.4.6.
7) Setting in motion.
9) A current, stream.
1) Excitement, animation.
11) Enjoining, ordering.
12) Assistance, help.
13) pursuit, acquisition.
Derivable forms: prasavaḥ (प्रसवः).
Prasava (प्रसव).—m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Bringing forth, bearing, (as young.) 2. Birth, production. 3. Offspring, posterity. 4. Fruit. 5. A blossom, a flower. 6. Source, origin. E. pra before, sū to bear, aff. ap .
Prasava (प्रसव).—i. e. pra-sū + a, m. 1. Bringing forth, [Pañcatantra] 75, 23; being in labour, 228, 14. 2. Offspring, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 22; 9, 55. 3. Blossom. 4. Fruit, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 44, 11.
Prasava (प्रसव).—1. [masculine] pressing out the Soma.
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Prasava (प्रसव).—2. [masculine] urging, setting or getting in motion, impulse, animation; furtherance, assistance; activity, pursuit; impeller, vivifier.
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Prasava (प्रसव).—3. [masculine] procreation, generation, conception, bringing forth, childbirth; birthplace; offspring, blossom, flower.
1) Prasava (प्रसव):—[=pra-sava] a 1. 2. 3. pra-sava. See pra- √3. su and pra- √1. 2. su.
2) [=pra-sava] [from pra-su] 1. pra-sava m. (for 2. and 3. See p. 698, col. 1) the pressing out (Soma juice), [Ṛg-veda; ???]
3) [=pra-sava] [from pra-sū] 2. pra-sava m. (for 1. pra- √3. su) setting or being set in motion, impulse, course, rush, flight, [Ṛg-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] stimulation, furtherance, aid, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] pursuit, acquisition, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
6) [v.s. ...] = next, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa 1.]
7) [=pra-sava] [from pra-sū] 3. pra-sava m. (ifc. f(ā). ; for 1. 2. See above) begetting, procreation, generation, conception, parturition, delivery, birth, origin, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.
8) [v.s. ...] augmentation, increase, [Mahābhārata]
9) [v.s. ...] birthplace, [ib.; Śaṃkarācārya]
10) [v.s. ...] offspring, posterity, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. (kisalaya-pr, ‘a young shoot’ [Raghuvaṃśa])
11) [v.s. ...] a flower, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Suśruta] (also n., [Rāmāyaṇa])
12) [v.s. ...] fruit, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Prasava (प्रसव):—[pra-sava] (vaḥ) 1. m. Bringing forth; birth; offspring; fruit; flower.
Prasava (प्रसव):—1. (von su, sunoti mit pra) m. das Pressen, Keltern des Soma [Ṛgveda 9, 50, 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 19, 5.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 1, 31. 3, 13.] [LĀṬY. 4, 8, 7. 10, 1, 3.]
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Prasava (प्रसव):—2. (von sū mit pra) m.
1) Antrieb, das in-Gang-Kommen oder — Setzen, Lauf, Schwung, Strömung u. s. w.: indraḥ kṛṇotu (naḥ) prasa.e rathaṃ pu.aḥ [Ṛgveda 1, 102, 9.] indreṣite prasa.aṃ bhikṣamāṇe [3, 33, 2. 4. 11.] pra yatsi.dhavaḥ prasa.aṃ yathāyannāpaḥ samu.raṃ rathyeva jagmuḥ [36, 6.] prasava, pratiṣṭhiti [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 8.] —
2) Anregung, Belebung, Erweckung; das Betreiben, Geheiss (so v. a. preraṇa); Förderung, Beihilfe: tadrādho va.aṃ de.asya (savituḥ) prasa.e manāmahe [Ṛgveda 1, 159, 5.] sa.i.urva.aṃ prasa.e yāma u.vīḥ [3, 33, 6.] uteśiṣe prasa.asya.tvameka.it [5, 81, 5.] niveśana, pra [6, 71, 2.] savitā sarvasya prasavamagacchat [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 24, 15, 2.] sa.itā.prasa.ānā.adhipatiḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 24, 1.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 4, 5, 1.] savitā prasavānāmīśa [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 16. 7, 16.] indrasya yantu prasa.e visaṣṭāḥ [Ṛgveda 8. 89, 12. 10, 111, 8. 139, 1.] yasyā vra.e prasa.e ya.ṣamejati [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 9, 8.] ma.utāṃ prasa.ena jaya [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 10, 21. 2, 11. 4, 18.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 5, 1, 3. 3, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 5, 1, 15. 3, 5, 3, 10. 13, 4, 2, 12.] anuyāja [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 2, 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 6, 13.] Vielleicht hierher zu ziehen: brahmacaryeṇa dākṣyeṇa prasavairvayasāpi ca . eko vai rakṣitā caiva tridivaṃ maghavāniva .. [Mahābhārata 3, 1809.] —
3) das Vorsichbringen, Betrieb, Erwerb: apavratānprasa.e vāvṛdhā.ānbrahma.viṣaḥ [Ṛgveda 5, 42, 9.] kṣemasya [7, 82, 4.] vājasya [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 2, 15. 9, 5. 17, 63. 18, 1.] —
4) concret: marasvatyā vā.ā, sa.itrā prasa.ena (prasavitrā wäre richtiger) [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 8, 1, 1.] — Vgl. prati, satya .
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Prasava (प्रसव):—3. (von su, sū mit pra) m. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 144,] [Scholiast] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 5.]
1) Zeugung, das Gebären, Werfen, Geburt [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 10. 3, 4, 27, 210.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 541.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 703.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 42.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 22, 32.] karmakṛt (bhṛgu) [Mahābhārata 13,4142. 14,1401. 1403.] [Suśruta.1,311,14.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 11. 65.] [Harivaṃśa 6433.] [VIŚVA][Nalopākhyāna] bei [GOLD. MĀN. 154,a.] ā prasavāt bis zur Niederkunft [Śākuntala 71, 10.] prasavonmukhī [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 12.] upasthitaprasavā [Suśruta 1, 368, 5.] nivṛttaprasavā [378, 6.] pratyagraprasavā (dhenu) Schol. zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 65.] āsannaprasavā [Kathāsaritsāgara 28, 2.] [Pañcatantra 74, 18. 87, 6.] [Hitopadeśa 72, 7.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 106.] [Harivaṃśa 9707.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 21, 7. 68, 14. 96, 8.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 8, 3.] [Pañcatantra 252, 14. fg.] prasavaṃ prāpte kāle cakāra sā [Kathāsaritsāgara 34, 45.] [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 424, 1. 540, 1.] kāla, samaya [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 21, 24. 37.] [Pañcatantra 49, 15. 74, 19.] vikāra portentum bei der Geburt [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 52.] garbho yāti svabhāvātprasavaṃ prati [Suśruta 1, 343, 16.] ā prasavāt bis zur Empfängniss [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 70.] saṃskṛtaṃ prasavaṃ yāti svalpamannaṃ caturvidham so v. a. vermehrt sich [Mahābhārata 3, 213.] icchā Bildung —, Entstehung eines Wunsches [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 211.] —
2) Geburtsstätte [Mahābhārata 14, 1402.] [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 239.] —
3) sg. und pl. progenies, Nachkommenschaft [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 27, 210.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 22. 9, 55. 145.] [Brāhmaṇavilāpa 3, 15.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1563] [?= 2161. 7831. fgg. 3, 8558. 9, 2115. 13, 205. 4144. Harivaṃśa 4001. Rāmāyaṇa 6, 93, 15. Suśruta 2, 509, 12. Raghuvaṃśa 1, 22. 8, 30. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 6, 3. Scholiast zu Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1047, 24.] sa Nachkommenschaft habend [Spr. 4095.] antaḥprasavā schwanger [Harivaṃśa 1348.] saprasavā dass. [Dhūrtasamāgama 76, 7.] vīraprasavā bhava [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 87.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 14.] saṃtāna [Mahābhārata 3, 8558.] kisalaya junge Sprossen [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 31.] —
4) Blüthe [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 27, 210.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1125.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 31.] amṛtaprasavā (bhūmi) [Mahābhārata 13, 3194.] [Suśruta 1, 219, 20. 2, 286, 2. 367, 13. 489, 16.] [Śākuntala 106.] [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 23. 16, 61.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 56. 4, 14.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 4, 8.] [Meghadūta 66.] [ad 112.] Frucht [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Blüthe und Frucht [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 18.] — Vgl. kanakaprasavā, pītaprasava, puṇya .
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Prasava (प्रसव):—2.
2) am Ende, [Nīlakaṇṭha] : prasavairdve mātuḥ kule dve pitustaiḥ .
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Prasava (प्रसव):—3.
4) Blüthe [UTTARARĀMAC. 33, 16 (44, 11).] — Vgl. megha, mauktikaprasavā .
Prasava (प्रसव):—1. m. das Pressen — , Keltern des Soma.
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Prasava (प्रसव):—2. m. —
1) Antrieb , das in Gang Kommen oder — Setzen , Lauf , Schwung , Strömung u.s.w. —
2) Anregung , Belebung , Erweckung. —
3) Förderung , Beihülfe. —
4) das Betreiben , Geheiss. —
5) das Vorsichbringen , Betrieb , Erwerb. —
6) Erreger , Beleber.
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Prasava (प्रसव):—3. m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —
1) Zeugung , das Gebären , Werfen , Geburt , Niederkunft , —
2) Empfängniss. —
3) *Bildung , Entstehung (eines Wunsches). —
4) Vermehrung , das Mehrwerden. —
5) Geburtsstätte. —
6) Sg. und Pl. progenies , Nachkommenschaft [24,18.] kisalaya so v.a junge Sprossen. —
7) Blüthe. Nach den Lexicographen auch Frucht und Blüthe und Frucht.
Prasava (प्रसव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pasava.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Prasava (प्रसव) [Also spelled prasav]:—(nm) delivery, child-birth, labour; (a) natal; -[kakṣa] labour room; -[kāla] time of delivery/child-birth; ~[gṛha] see ~[śālā] -[pīḍā/vedanā/vyathā] labour pains, pangs of child-birth; ~[vatī] a woman who has delivered a child, a woman in confinement; ~[śālā] a maternity home.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Prasava (ಪ್ರಸವ):—
1) [noun] the act or giving birth to a child; childbirth.
2) [noun] the act or fact of coming into life or of being born; birth.
3) [noun] that in which something has its birth; origin; source.
4) [noun] a flower or bloom of a plant.
5) [noun] any product of plant growth, usu. that contains a seed or seeds and fleshy or meaty substance that is useful to humans or animals; a fruit.
6) [noun] the quality of being convenient; convenience.
7) [noun] children, descendants or offspring collectively; progeny.
8) [noun] the act of squeezing the juice out from the Sōma plant (used in religious sacrifices).
9) [noun] a moving, going forward or onward; progression.
10) [noun] a current of water or other liquid; a stream.
11) [noun] absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; enthusiasm.
12) [noun] a regulating; regulation.
13) [noun] gain; benefit; advantage.
14) [noun] ಪ್ರಸವವಾಗು [prasavavagu] prasavavāgu (delivering a child) to happen; ಪ್ರಸವಮಾಗು [prasavamagu] prasavamāgu = ಪ್ರಸವವಾಗು [prasavavagu].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Prasava (प्रसव):—n. 1. begetting; generation; procreation; birth; 2. child-birth; delivery; 3. offspring; progeny; 4. a fruit; production; 5. flower; blossom;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+9): Prasavabamdha, Prasavabandhana, Prasavadharman, Prasavadharmi, Prasavadharmin, Prasavadina, Prasavagara, Prasavagriha, Prasavaka, Prasavakala, Prasavakarmakrit, Prasavakh, Prasavalaya, Prasavamasa, Prasavanakshatra, Prasavasamaya, Prasavasathana, Prasavashastra, Prasavashastrajna, Prasavashastrajne.
Full-text (+89): Prasavavedana, Prasavabandhana, Prasavasthali, Pratiprasava, Punyaprasava, Asannaprasava, Prasavagriha, Prasavakala, Mauktikaprasava, Sukhaprasava, Meghaprasava, Prasavasthana, Prasavadharmin, Saprasava, Ragaprasava, Pratiprasavam, Utprasava, Aprasava, Satyaprasava, Kanakaprasava.
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