Prasthana, Prasthāna: 17 definitions
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In Hinduism
Mīmāṃsā (school of philosophy)
1) Prasthāna (प्रस्थान) refers to the “paths” or “methods” (of Mlecchas).—[...] While it is true, for instance, that Madhusūdana adopts an inclusive attitude towards Veda-affirming schools in his Prasthānabheda—including in its harmonizing scheme of ‘sciences’ (vidyā) both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva teachings, among others—yet he explicitly excludes the extra-Vedic (nāstika) traditions of the Buddhists, Jains and materialists, as well as the paths or methods (prasthāna) of Mlecchas. His rejection of those schools is unambiguous and based on a typically orthodox criterion—externality to the Vedic tradition. Although it offers a comparatively unified picture of āstika schools, Madhusūdana’s doxographical scheme is not all-inclusive, and retains an orthodox character insofar as it denies legitimacy to extra-Vedic traditions and those traditions associated with outcastes.
2) Prasthāna (प्रस्थान) refers to “sciences” or “paths”.—In his Prasthānabheda, Madhusūdana offers a list of 18 ‘sciences’ (vidyā) or ‘paths’ (prasthāna): the four Vedas with their respective upaveda, the six Vedāṅgas and four supplementary categories (upāṅgas), namely Purāṇas, Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā and Dharmaśāstra. Within Purāṇas, he includes all minor Purāṇas (upapurāṇa); within Nyāya, he includes Vaiśeṣika; within Mīmāṃsā, he includes Vedānta; and finally, within Dharmaśāstra he includes the two epics, Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva teachings.
Mimamsa (मीमांसा, mīmāṃsā) refers to one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of philosophy, emphasizing the nature of dharma and the philosophy of language. The literature in this school is also known for its in-depth study of ritual actions and social duties.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
1) Prasthāna (प्रस्थान) refers to one of the ten Deśī-varieties of nṛtyakāvyas, according to the Saṅgītacintāmaṇi of King Vīranārāyaṇa (Vema)—[Cf. M. R. Kavi’s Bharatakośa, p. 841].—Vema says that he has followed the path shown by Kohala and Mataṅga and has also followed current local traditions. He defines the term deśī and then goes on to describe ten varieties of deśī-nṛtyakāvyas. [For example, Prasthāna]. Having listed the ten nṛtya-kāvyas, he then says these have been described by Kohala and that he (Vema) will explain each of them. The use of the term nṛtyakāvya instead of uparūpaka is noteworthy.
2) Prasthāna (प्रस्थान) refers to one of the sixteen divisions of the Deśī-Rūpaka compositions in ancient Indian art of dance and theater.—Puruṣottama Miśrā, while defining the terms mārga and deśī quotes the Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (Vol. II, pp.406-410) which he says has been taken from Kohala (the work of Kohala). Following mārga, the deśī forms are next listed out. First is a list of sixteen types as described by Dattila. [e.g., prasthāna] [...] This list is followed by yet another bearing the names of another 12 forms.
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान) refers to a genre of performance in ancient Indian art of dance and theater.—Abhinavagupta knew about forms of performance which had not found canonical description in Bharata’s text, forms that either originated or came into prominence in the five-hundred-to one-thousand-year time span separating the two authors. As a matter of fact, he quotes definitions for eight of the new genres, [i.e. Prasthāna] [...], which he borrows from the so-called ‘ancients’ (cirantana).
Prasthāna, according to Abhinavagupta: “[When the dancer] adopts a gait similar to that of an elephant and the like, and sets out on a journey, [that genre,] endowed with scarce vehement [movements] and plenty of mild [ones], is called Prasthāna”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
prasthāna (प्रस्थान).—n (S) Going forth, proceeding, departing. 2 Leaving one's own house to enter upon a journey, and alighting at a neighbor's house, spending there the remainder of that day. 3 Money, rice &c. bound up and given in charge to a neighbor on the day on which, from the auspiciousness of the juncture, it is desirable to set out on the journey we contemplate, yet on which, from' lateness or other circumstance, the then setting out is inconvenient. The departure is thus held to be commenced, and the money, on the actual setting forth, is resumed. 4 fig. Dying. v guṇḍāḷa, aṭapa, bāndha, or prasthāna nadīvara cālaṇēṃ. 5 The being spread or laid out; the being disposed for use--vessels &c. for idol-worship, articles of a shop, materials and implements for writing or working. 6 A course, a method of life, a train of actions through which to attain unto the Deity (as by yōga, according to the Sankhya philosophy, the Vedanta &c.) 7 A term for a personage of high renown and honor (for excellence or eminence of any kind); a prodigy of learning; a puissant hero; a paragon of perfection; a Crichton, a Crœsus, a Solomon.
prasthāna (प्रस्थान).—n Going forth, proceeding. Dying. prasthāna ṭhēvaṇēṃ To alight; to lay down one's bundle.
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
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान).—1 Going or setting forth, departure, moving, walking; प्रस्थानविक्लवगतेरवलम्बनार्थम् (prasthānaviklavagateravalambanārtham) Ś.5.3; R.4.88; Meghadūta 43; प्रस्थानं वलयैः कृतम् (prasthānaṃ valayaiḥ kṛtam) Amaruśataka 36.
2) Coming to मन्ये मत्पावनायैव प्रस्थानं भवतामिह (manye matpāvanāyaiva prasthānaṃ bhavatāmiha) Kumārasambhava 6.61.
3) Sending away, despatching.
4) Procession, march.
5) A march, the march of an army or assailant; प्रस्थाने भूमिपालो दशदिवमसभिव्याप्य नैकत्र तिष्ठेत (prasthāne bhūmipālo daśadivamasabhivyāpya naikatra tiṣṭheta).
6) A method, system.
7) Death, dying.
8) An inferior kind of drama; see S. D.276,544.
9) A religious school, sect; प्रभिन्ने प्रस्थाने परिमितमदः पथ्यमिति च (prabhinne prasthāne parimitamadaḥ pathyamiti ca) Mahimna 7.
1) Religious mendicancy; सप्रस्थानाः क्षात्रधर्मा विशिष्टाः (saprasthānāḥ kṣātradharmā viśiṣṭāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.64.22.
Derivable forms: prasthānam (प्रस्थानम्).
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Going forth, preceeding, departing. 2. March of an assailant. 3. March. 4. Method, system. 5. Dying, death. 6. An inferior kind of drama the personages of which are slaves and outcasted. E. pra away, away from, sthā to stay, aff. lyuṭ .
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान).—i. e. pra-sthā + ana, n. 1. Departing, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 42. 2. March of an assailant.
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान).—[neuter] going forth, setting out, departure.
1) Prasthāna (प्रस्थान):—[=pra-sthāna] [from pra-sthā] n. setting out, departure, procession, march ([especially] of an army or assailant), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] walking, moving, journey, advent, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] sending away, dispatching, [Yājñavalkya]
4) [v.s. ...] departing this life, dying (cf. mahā-pr)
5) [v.s. ...] religious mendicancy, [Mahābhārata]
6) [v.s. ...] a way to attain (any object), course, method, system, [Madhusūdana; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
7) [v.s. ...] a sect, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
8) [v.s. ...] an inferior kind of drama (the character of which are slaves and outcasts), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] starting-point, place of origin, source, cause (in jñāna-pr, Name of [work])
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान):—[pra-sthāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Going forth; march; march of an assailant; departing; a low kind of drama.
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान):—(von sthā mit pra) n.
1) Aufbruch, Ausmarsch, Weggang, Abreise [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 63.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 789.] [Halāyudha 2, 297.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2249. 3, 572. 11546. 4, 135. 9, 1615.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 56, 2.] senā [?2, 82 in der Unterschr. Suśruta 1, 107, 4. 109, 5. Śākuntala 26, 16. Raghuvaṃśa 4, 88.] manye matpāvanāyaiva prasthānaṃ bhavatāmiha [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 61.] [Meghadūta 42.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 85, 49] (vat adv. wie bei der Abreise). [Kathāsaritsāgara 43, 223. fg. 265. 45, 272.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 370. 4, 371.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 78, 8. 9.] vṛddhau nadīmukhenaiva prasthānaṃ lavaṇāmbhasaḥ so v. a. das Meer schlägt den Weg in die Flussmündungen ein [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 54.] vikalagati adj. so v. a. der nicht mehr vorwärts kann [Śākuntala 100.] Abgang, Absendung (von Waaren): vighnakṛt [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 197.] prasthānaṃ valayaiḥ kṛtam haben sich auf den Weg gemacht so v. a. sind abgefallen [Spr. 1881.] Von der letzten Reise in’s Jenseits: kimidaṃ tvaritaṃ vatsa prasthānaṃ kṛtavānasi [Harivaṃśa 4822.] mahā der Antritt der grossen Reise, der Abschied vom Leben [Harivaṃśa 11070.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 47, 7. 4, 61, 21.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 217.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 163,] [Nalopākhyāna 7.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 31.] —
2) der zur Erreichung eines Zieles eingeschlagene Weg, Methode; System [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13. 14. 21. 23.] abhidharmajñāna Titel eines Werkes [Hiouen-Thsang I, 201]; vgl. dharma. bheda Titel einer Schrift des Madhusūdanasarasvati, herausgegeben von [WEBER] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13. fgg.] Hierher gehört vielleicht auch saprasthānāḥ kṣatradharmāḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 2408.] sūtrakāra Gedankengang, System [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 171, 8. 182. 5. 728, 17.] zu [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 4, 162.] —
3) eine Art Drama untergeordneter Art (uparūpaka), deren 18 aufgezahlt werden [Sāhityadarpana 276. 544.] Unter den 7 Arten von nṛtya aufgezählt beim [Scholiast] zu [DAŚAR. 1, 8.] — Vgl. prāsthānika .
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Prasthāna (प्रस्थान):—
2) so v. a. Secte: ānandatīrthaḥ prasthānāntaramāsthita [SARVADARŚANAS. 61, 14.] catuḥprasthānikā bauddhāḥ in vier Secten zerfallend [24, 8.]
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान):—n. —
1) Aufbruch , Ausmarsch , Weggang , Abreise , das sich in Bewegung Setzen. —
2) Abgang , Absendung (von Waaren). —
3) die Reise in’s Jenseits. —
4) das wandernde Leben des religiösen Bettlers [Mahābhārata 12,64,22.] —
5) Gedankengang , System , ein best. religiöser oder wissenschaftlicher Standpunct ; Secte. —
6) eine Klasse von Schauspielen untergeordneter Art.
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paṭṭhāṇa, Patthāṇa.
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
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान) [Also spelled prasthan]:—(nm) departure, setting out (on a journey); march; articles placed in advance at the auspicious moment in the direction in which one is to journey (in case one’s departure is delayed due to some reason); hence ~[sthita] (a).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Prasthāna (ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಾನ):—
1) [noun] the act or an instance of travelling; journey.
2) [noun] the march of an army for purpose of attacking, subduing a hostile king or nation; military expedition.
3) [noun] an inferior kind of drama, the characters of which are slaves and outcastes.
4) [noun] any of the main divisions of a book; a chapter.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Prasthāna (प्रस्थान):—n. 1. departure; going away; 2. the second Bible book;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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