Prasu, Prasū, Prashu, Prāśu: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prāśu can be transliterated into English as Prasu or Prashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrasu (प्रसु) or Prasū (प्रसू).—1 P., 2, 4 Ā.
1) To beget, generate, produce.
2) To bring forth, be delivered of; पुत्ररत्नं प्रासोष्ट (putraratnaṃ prāsoṣṭa).
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Prasū (प्रसू).—a.
1) Bringing forth, bearing, giving birth to; स्त्रीप्रसूश्चाधिवेत्तव्या (strīprasūścādhivettavyā) Y.1.73. -f.
1) A mother; मातरपितरौ प्रसूजनयितारौ (mātarapitarau prasūjanayitārau) Ak. 'parents'; Śi.9.14.
2) A mare.
3) A spreading creeper.
4) A young shoot, tender grass.
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Prasū (प्रसू).—6 P.
1) To urge, impel, bid.
2) To hurl, throw.
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Prāśu (प्राशु).—a. Ved. Exceedingly quick or swift.
-śuḥ 1 Eating.
2) One who eats Soma.
3) An enemy of Vṛtra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasū (प्रसू).—f.
(-sūḥ) 1. A mother. 2. A mare. 3. A spreading creeper. 4. The plantain. Adj. Bringing forth, bearing. E. pra before, sū to bear, aff. kvip .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasū (प्रसू).—[pra-sū], f. 1. A mother, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 14. 2. A mare. 3. A spreading creeper. 4. The plantain.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasū (प्रसू).—[neuter] bearing, bringing forth (—°), fruitful. [feminine] mother; shoot, young grass or herb.
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Prāśu (प्राशु).—[adjective] very quick, swift.
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Prasū (प्रसू).—bring forth, produce, impel, set in motion, cause, bid.
Prasū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and sū (सू).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prasu (प्रसु):—[=pra-su] -√3. su Caus. -sāvayati, to cause continuous pressing (of Soma), [Nidāna-sūtra]
2) Prasū (प्रसू):—[=pra-sū] a. pra-√1. sū [Parasmaipada] -suvati, -sauti, ([imperative] -suhi with [varia lectio] -sūhi, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]), to set in motion, rouse to activity, urge, incite, impel, bid, command, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa];
2) —to allow, give up to, deliver, [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???];
2) —to hurl, throw, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [=pra-sū] b. pra-√2. sū [Ātmanepada] -sūte, -sūyate, (rarely [Parasmaipada] -savati, -sauti; once [Potential] -sunuyāt, [Vajracchedikā]),
—to procreate, beget, bring forth, obtain offspring or bear fruit, produce, [Brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
— (mostly [Ātmanepada] -sūyate, rarely ti) to be born or produced, originate, arise, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]
4) [=pra-sū] c mfn. bringing forth, bearing, fruitful, productive, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
5) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) giving birth to (cf. pitṛ-pr, putrikā-pr, strī-pr)
6) [v.s. ...] f. a mother, [Inscriptions; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a mare, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] a young shoot, tender grass or herbs, sacrificial grass, [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
9) [v.s. ...] a spreading creeper, the plantain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) Prāśū (प्राशू):—[from prāś] 1. prāśū m. (for 2. See below) an eater, guest (?), [Ṛg-veda i, 40, 5] (Mahidh. ‘very swift’ = śīghra cf. prāśu).
11) Prāśu (प्राशु):—mfn. (pra-āśu) very quick or speedy, [Ṛg-veda] (= kṣipra, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska i, 15])
12) ind. (u) quickly, swiftly, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra]
13) Prāśū (प्राशू):—2. prāśū m. (for 1. See under 2. prāś) = parā-krama, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. satya-pr).
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