The Sanskrit term Praśaṃsana can be transliterated into English as Prasamsana or Prashamsana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन) refers to “praise” (viz., of false doctrine), according to chapter 1.1 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] Vajranābha acquired strong Tirthakṛt-body-making and family-karma by the twenty sthānakas as follows:—[...] The ninth [sthānaka] is right-belief, free from the faults of doubt, etc. [viz., mithyadṛṣti-praśaṃsana], adorned with the qualities of firmness, etc., characterized by tranquillity, etc. [...]”.

Note: The faults of right belief in addition to doubt (śaṅkā) are: acceptance of other doctrines (kāṅkṣā); hate of the Tīrthaṅkaras’ speech (vicikitsā); praise of false doctrine (mithyadṛṣti-praśaṃsana); acquaintance with false doctrine (°saṃstava). Yogaśāstra 2.17.

context information

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन).—Praising, extolling.

Derivable forms: praśaṃsanam (प्रशंसनम्).

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

Praśaṃśana (प्रशंशन).—n.

(-naṃ) Praising, eulogising: see praśaṃsana. E. pra before, śaṇsa to praise, lyuṭ aff.

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Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Praising, eulogising. E. pra before, śaṇsa to praise, lyuṭ aff.; also praśaṃśana .

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

Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन).—[pra-śaṃs + ana], n. Praising, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 216, 14.

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

Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन).—[neuter] sā [feminine] commendation, praise, eulogy.

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

Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन):—[=pra-śaṃsana] [from pra-śaṃs] n. praising, commending, [Vedāntasāra; Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]] ([wrong reading] śaṃśana).

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

1) Praśaṃśana (प्रशंशन):—[pra-śaṃśana] (naṃ) 1. n. Praising.

2) Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन):—[pra-śaṃsana] (naṃ) 1. n. Praising.

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

Praśaṃsana (प्रशंसन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pasaṃsaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prashamsana 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra, Shamsana.

Starts with: Prashamsanaman.

Full-text: Pasamsana, Mithyadrishti, Samstava.

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