Prashastapada, Praśastapāda: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Praśastapāda can be transliterated into English as Prasastapada or Prashastapada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPraśastapāda (प्रशस्तपाद) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Śaṅkaramiśra calls him Praśastadevācārya: Praśastapādabhāṣya, or Dravyabhāṣya, or Padārthoddeśa, or Padārthadharmasaṃgraha, a
—[commentary] on the Vaiśeṣikasūtra. Oxf. 240^a. Hall. p. 64. L. 492. 1961. K. 160. B. 4, 30. Report. Xxvi. Cxlv. Ben. 174. 182. 189. 205. 209. 224. NW. 346. [Oudh 1876-1877], 14. Xvii, 58. Np. I, 36. V, 82. Bh. 33. Quoted in Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha Oxf. 247^a, by Śinnambhaṭṭa, Nārāyaṇatīrtha Hall. p. 6, Rāghava Hall. p. 26. The oldest commentaries are the Vyomavatī by Vyomaśivācārya, the Nyāyakandalī by Śrīdhara, the Kiraṇāvalī by Udayana, the Līlāvatī by Śrīvatsa. Peters. 3, 273.
—[commentary] Hall. p. 65. Rādh. 14. Sb. 179.
—[commentary] Padārthatattvanirṇaya, it would appear, by Jagadīśa. Hall. p. 64. L. 2485. K. 152. Kh. 72. NW. 346. Oppert. Ii, 4712. Sb. 201. 202.
—[commentary] Oppert. Ii, 4713. Rice. 114.
—[commentary] Niṣkaṇṭikā by Mallinātha. Mentioned Hall. p. 27.
—[commentary] by Śālikanātha. Mentioned Oxf. 244^a.
Praśastapāda (प्रशस्तपाद):—[=praśasta-pāda] [from praśasta > pra-śaṃs] m. Name of an author, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Catalogue(s)]
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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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Partial matches: Pada, Prashasta, Pata.
Starts with: Prashastapadabhashya.
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