Alternative spellings of this word include Prasfut.

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट) refers to “distinctly separate (divisions)” (of hawks), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “There are different ways of taming them according to the species to which they belong. Therefore an enumeration of the species [of hawks] is given below. There are two distinctly separate divisions (prasphuṭa-antara), namely, ‘black-eyed’ and ‘yellow-eyed.’ The subdivisions of these are many. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट).—p S prasphuṭita p S Blown or expanded. 2 fig. Divulged, published, spread abroad. 3 Become very clear, plain, evident.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट).—a.

1) Blown, opened, expanded (as a flower).

2) Divulged, published, spread abroad (as a report).

3) Plain, clear, manifest, evident.

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

Prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट).—mfn.

(-ṭaḥ-ṭā-ṭaṃ) 1. Blown, expanded. 2. Spread abroad, published. 3. Evident, clear, manifest. E. pra before, sphuṭ to blossom, ka aff.

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

Prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट).—[adjective] manifest, clear.

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

1) Prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट):—[=pra-sphuṭa] [from pra-sphuṭ] mfn. cleft open, burst, expanded, blown, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] divulged, published, known, open, evident, clear, plain, [Kāvya literature; Purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara etc.]

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

Prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट):—[pra-sphuṭa] (ṭaḥ-ṭā-ṭaṃ) a. Blown. expanded.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prasphuta 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Prasphuṭa (प्रस्फुट) [Also spelled prasfut]:—(a) manifest; distinct, clear.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prasphuṭa (ಪ್ರಸ್ಫುಟ):—

1) [adjective] cleft open; burst; expanded; blown.

2) [adjective] published; made known; announced.

3) [adjective] manifested; readily seen; apparent.

4) [adjective] shining; lustrous; brilliant.

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

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Partial matches: Pra, Sphuta.

Starts with: Prasphutana.

Full-text: Prasfut, Prasphutana, Sphut.

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