The Sanskrit term Prauṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Praustha or Praushtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

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.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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 .

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

1) Prauṣṭha (प्रौष्ठ):—[from proṣṭha] a m. [patronymic] [from] proṣṭha [gana] śivādi.

2) b etc. See under proṣṭha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Praushtha 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.

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Starts with: Praushthapada, Praushthapadi, Praushthapadika, Praushthapadyashtaka, Praushthaprada.

Full-text: Proshtha, Praushthapada.

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