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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Prātaḥkāla (प्रातःकाल) refers to the “dawn”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.52 (“The bridegroom’s party is fed and Śiva retires to bed”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Seated on a gemset throne offered by Menā, Śiva surveyed the bedchamber with pleasure. [...] While the supreme lord had his sleep and the lord of the mountains was engaged in these duties, the night passed away giving place to dawn (prātaḥkāla). In the morning the enthusiastic people began to play on different kinds of musical instruments. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Shodhganga: Temples and cult of Sri Rama in Tamilnadu (h)

Pratahkala or Parbhata refers to the time at “early morning”.—Offering of water and food or tirtham and prasadam to the deities on the different occasions or specified hours of the day is an important item in the daily pujas. [...] While for the daily routine, only ordinary plain rice was offered, special food preparations were offered often on festival days. [...] The time meant for the daily rituals in Hindu temples are performed [for example, during Pratahkala].

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prātaḥkāla (प्रातःकाल).—m (S) pop. prātaḥkāḷa m The early morning; the first break of day. This is the first of five divisions. See parānha.

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

Prātaḥkāla (प्रातःकाल):—[=prātaḥ-kāla] [from prātaḥ > prātar] m. morning time, early m°, daybreak, [Hitopadeśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratahkala 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prātaḥkāla (ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲ):—[noun] the early part of the day; dawn; day break.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pratar, Kala.

Starts with: Pratahkalavaktavya.

Full-text: Pratahkalavaktavya, Pratar, Praatavkaal, Parbhata.

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