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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasevaka (प्रसेवक).—

1) A sack, bag for grain.

2) A leathern bottle.

3) A small instrument of wood placed under the neck of the lute to make the sound deeper.

Derivable forms: prasevakaḥ (प्रसेवकः).

See also (synonyms): praseva.

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

Prasevaka (प्रसेवक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A part of a lute, a wooden vessel covered with leather, placed under the neck to render the sound deeper. 2. A crooked piece of wood at the end of a lute. 3. A leathern bottle, a bag for grain. E. pra before, ṣev to serve, aff. kvun; or pra + siva-ṇvul .

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

1) Prasevaka (प्रसेवक):—[=pra-sevaka] [from pra-seva] m. a sack, bag, [Suśruta; Nalacampū or damayantīkathā]

2) [v.s. ...] a damper (= [preceding]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Prasevaka (प्रसेवक):—[pra-sevaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A part of a lute.

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

Prasevaka (प्रसेवक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pasevaya.

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Prasevaka in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prasēvaka (ಪ್ರಸೇವಕ):—[noun] = ಪ್ರಸೇವ - [praseva -] 2.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra, Sevaka.

Ends with: Carmaprasevaka, Carmmaprasevaka, Charmaprasevaka, Charmmaprasevaka, Viprasevaka.

Full-text: Carmaprasevaka, Prasevika, Pasevaya, Praseva, Pasibbaka.

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