Pratha, Prathā: 13 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryprathā (प्रथा).—f S Custom, fashion, rule; general practice or usage. 2 Fame, celebrity, notoriety. 3 Common saying; expressed popular sentiment; public opinion.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishprathā (प्रथा).—f Custom. Fame, public opinion.
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 dictionaryPrathā (प्रथा).—Fame, celebrity; अतः श्रियः पतिरिति प्रथामगाः (ataḥ śriyaḥ patiriti prathāmagāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 15.27.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPratha (प्रथ).—[, Lalitavistara 34.12, read (vākya-)patha- with v.l., or (Sanskrit) vāk-patha, which is read in Calcutta (see LV.) and probably intended by another v.l. cited by Lefm. as vākyatha-.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrathā (प्रथा).—f.
(-thā) Fame, celebrity. E. prath to be famous, affs. aṅ and ṭāp.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrathā (प्रथा).—[prath + ā], f. Fame, celebrity, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 179.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratha (प्रथ).—[masculine] [Name] of a man, [feminine] ā = seq. + fame, renown.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratha (प्रथ):—[from prath] m. Name of a Vāsiṣṭha (supposed author of [Ṛg-veda x, 181, 1]), Auukr.
2) Prathā (प्रथा):—[from pratha > prath] f. spreading out, extending, flattening, scattering, [Nyāyamālā-vistara; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] fame, celebrity, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī] (thāṃ-√gam or gā, to become famous or celebrated, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]; thāpaha mfn. destroying fame, [ib.])
4) [v.s. ...] growing, becoming (in anyathā-pr, ‘the becoming different’), [Vedāntasāra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratha (प्रथ):—(ṅa) prathate 1. d. To be famous or renowned. (ka) prāthayati 10. a. To throw, scatter; celebrate.
2) Prathā (प्रथा):—(thā) 1. f. Fame, celebrity.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Prathā (प्रथा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pahā.
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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 dictionaryPrathā (प्रथा):—: (nf) custom; practice, usage; ~[gata] customary.
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Starts with (+154): Pratham, Prathama, Prathama-chepati, Prathama-drishti, Prathama-dvadashi, Prathama-garbhaspandana, Prathama-kayastha, Prathama-khanda, Prathama-kulika, Prathama-pustapala, Prathama-skandha, Prathama-tritiya, Prathamabhaga, Prathamabhaj, Prathamabhaksha, Prathamabhakshana, Prathamabhakta, Prathamabhakti, Prathamabhavin, Prathamabhidheya.
Ends with: Anyathapratha, Apratha, Balipratha, Dasapratha, Devapratha, Golapratha, Kupratha, Prithupratha, Samanti-pratha, Sampratha, Sapratha, Sati-pratha.
Full-text (+24): Prathas, Samanti-pratha, Uruprathas, Prithupratha, Prathasvat, Saprathastama, Prathama-garbhaspandana, Prathasvant, Jaheja, Prathamodbhava, Sampratha, Ekapatnitva, Prathapaha, Daheja, Prathamottama, Saprathas, Prathu, Pratham, Prathamaikarekha, Krishaka.
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Search found 21 books and stories containing Pratha, Prathā; (plurals include: Prathas, Prathās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.10.22 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.2.285 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Verse 2.3.61 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 190 [Śakti projects reflection of Jagat on Herself, acting as wall] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
Verse 157 [Svaracatuṣṭaya governs Jagatkrama] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 132 [Two types of delibration of the Puruṣa] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
How Free? How Self-sufficient is Woman Today? < [July – September, 2004]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
The Padmaneri Grant of Venkatapati I < [Chapter 1 - Historical details from Sanskrit Inscriptions]