Prashlishta, Prāśliṣṭa, Praśliṣṭa: 7 definitions

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Prashlishta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Prāśliṣṭa and Praśliṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Praslista or Prashlishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

[«previous next»] — Prashlishta in Vyakarana glossary
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Prāśliṣṭa (प्राश्लिष्ट).—Name of the circumflex accent possessed by a vowel which has resulted from the coalescence of two similar vowels, as for example in भिन्द्धीदम् । (bhinddhīdam |) see प्रश्लिष्ट (praśliṣṭa).

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prashlishta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praśliṣṭa (प्रश्लिष्ट).—p. p.

1) Twisted, entwined.

2) Reasonable, well-argued or reasoned (yuktiyukta).

-ṣṭaḥ 1 A term applied to the Sandhi of the vowel अ (a) with a following vowel and of other vowels with other homogeneous ones.

2) The vowel resulting from this Sandhi.

3) The accent with which such substituted vowel is pronounced.

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Prāśliṣṭa (प्राश्लिष्ट).—a. Name of a kind of स्वरित (svarita).

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

Praśliṣṭa (प्रश्लिष्ट).—f.

(-ṣṭā) 1. Entwined. 2. Well-reasoned. E. pra + śliṣa-kta .

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

Praśliṣṭa (प्रश्लिष्ट).—[adjective] twisted (a kind of Samdhi).

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

1) Praśliṣṭa (प्रश्लिष्ट):—[=pra-śliṣṭa] mfn. (√iliṣ) twisted, entwined, coalescent (applied to the Saṃdhi of a, or ā with a following vowel and of other vowels with homogeneous ones, also to the vowel resulting from this Saṃdhi and its accent), [Prātiśākhya; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Patañjali]

2) Prāśliṣṭa (प्राश्लिष्ट):—[=prā-śliṣṭa] [from prā] mf(ī)n. Name of a kind of Svarita produced by the combination of 2 short i's, [Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya] ([wrong reading] prāk-śl).

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Prashlishta in German

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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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