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Sanskrit dictionary

Prasphur (प्रस्फुर्).—6 P.

1) To quiver, tremble.

2) To expand, be dilated; प्रास्फुरन्नयनम् (prāsphurannayanam) Mb.

3) To spread far and wide; संस्थितस्य गुणोत्कर्षः प्रायः प्रस्फुरति स्फुटम् (saṃsthitasya guṇotkarṣaḥ prāyaḥ prasphurati sphuṭam) Subhāṣ.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasphur (प्रस्फुर्).—kick or hurl away, shake, tremble, quiver etc. = [preceding] vi fly asunder; tremble, quiver = [preceding]

Prasphur is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and sphur (स्फुर्).

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

Prasphur (प्रस्फुर्):—[=pra-√sphur] [Parasmaipada] -sphurati ([present participle] [Ātmanepada] -sphuramāṇa, [Mahābhārata]), to spurn or push away, [Atharva-veda];

—to become tremulous, throb, quiver, palpitate, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to glitter, sparkle, flash, shine forth ([literally] and [figuratively]), [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to be displayed, become clear or visible, appear, [Kāvya literature; Varāha-mihira]

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

Prasphur (प्रस्फुर्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Papphura.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (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: Pra, Sphur.

Starts with: Prasphura, Prasphurabhuja, Prasphuran, Prasphurana, Prasphurat, Prasphurisu, Prasphurita, Prasphuritadhara.

Full-text: Papphura, Prasphuritadhara, Prasphurita.

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