Pratha, Prathā: 14 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
prathā (प्रथा).—f S Custom, fashion, rule; general practice or usage. 2 Fame, celebrity, notoriety. 3 Common saying; expressed popular sentiment; public opinion.
prathā (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
Prathā (प्रथा).—Fame, celebrity; अतः श्रियः पतिरिति प्रथामगाः (ataḥ śriyaḥ patiriti prathāmagāḥ) Śiśupālavadha 15.27.
Pratha (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-.]
Prathā (प्रथा).—f.
(-thā) Fame, celebrity. E. prath to be famous, affs. aṅ and ṭāp.
Prathā (प्रथा).—[prath + ā], f. Fame, celebrity, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 179.
Pratha (प्रथ).—[masculine] [Name] of a man, [feminine] ā = seq. + fame, renown.
1) 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]
1) 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.
Pratha (प्रथ):—(von 1. prath)
1) m. angeblich Nomen proprium des Liedverfassers von [Ṛgveda 10, 181, 1.] —
2) f. prathā a) das Auseinanderbreiten (des Puroḍāśa in den Schalen) [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 341, 20. 23.] — b) Ruf, Berühmtheit [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 9.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 37.] [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 10, 3.] prathāṃ gam, gā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 12. 5, 34.] nī [3, 494.] prathāpaha [5, 179.] pṛthupratha weitberühmt [2, 63.]
Pratha (प्रथ):——
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Vāsiṣṭha. —
2) f. ā — a) das Auseinanderbreiten [Jaiminiyanyāyamālāvistara 10,1,22.] — b) Ruf , Berühmtheit. — c) Entstehung , das Werden in anyathā.
Prathā (प्रथा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pahā.
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
Prathā (प्रथा):—: (nf) custom; practice, usage; ~[gata] customary.
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Nepali dictionary
Prathā (प्रथा):—n. custom; culture; rule; usage;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+19): Pratham, Pratham-drushti, Pratham-garbhaspandan, Pratham-kalp, Pratham-khand, Prathama, Prathama-chepati, Prathama-drishti, Prathama-dvadashi, Prathama-garbhaspandana, Prathamabhaga, Prathamabhaj, Prathamabhaksha, Prathamabhakshana, Prathamabhakta, Prathamabhavin, Prathamacakra, Prathamacarana, Prathamacchad, Prathamacikitse.
Full-text (+58): Prathas, Uruprathas, Sampratha, Prithupratha, Saprathas, Pratham, Samanti-pratha, Sati-pratha, Prathasvat, Pratham-garbhaspandan, Pratham-drushti, Pratham-kalp, Pratham-khand, Saprathastama, Pratipratham, Prathamodbhava, Prathama-garbhaspandana, Prathamottama, Prathodaya, Prathasvant.
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Search found 69 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]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 905 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
Page 932 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 1]
Page 915 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
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 132 [Two types of delibration of the Puruṣa] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 157 [Svaracatuṣṭaya governs Jagatkrama] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 16 - Deities of Rigveda X.175-181 < [Chapter 8 - Deities of Rigveda X.98-191 (1-98); Conclusion (99-140)]