Praushtha, Prauṣṭha: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prauṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Praustha or Praushtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Prauṣṭha (प्रौष्ठ).—
1) A bull, an ox.
2) A bench, stool.
3) A kind of fish (ṣṭhī also).
Derivable forms: prauṣṭhaḥ (प्रौष्ठः).
See also (synonyms): proṣṭha.
Prauṣṭha (प्रौष्ठ) or Proṣṭha.—mf. (-ṣṭhaḥ-ṣṭhī) A sort of carp, (Cyprinus Pausius, Ham.) “puṃ~ṭimācha” m.
(-ṣṭhaḥ) An ox. 3. A bench, a stool. E. pra before, uṣ to burn, aff. than .
1) Prauṣṭha (प्रौष्ठ):—[from proṣṭha] a m. [patronymic] [from] proṣṭha [gana] śivādi.
2) b etc. See under proṣṭha.
Prauṣṭha (प्रौष्ठ):—m. patron. von proṣṭha gaṇa śivādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 112.]
Prauṣṭha (प्रौष्ठ):—m. Patron. von proṣṭha.
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.
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Starts with: Praushthapada, Praushthapadi, Praushthapadika, Praushthapadyashtaka, Praushthaprada.
Full-text: Praushthapada, Proshtha.
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