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Pre means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Pre in India is the name of a plant defined with Calamus erectus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Palmijuncus macrocarpus (Griff. ex Mart.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Pre is also identified with Calamus latifolius It has the synonym Palmijuncus humilis (Roxb.) Kuntze (etc.).

3) Pre is also identified with Desmodium elegans It has the synonym Meibomia tiliifolia Kuntze (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden (Calcutta) (1908)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ ed. 1832 (1832)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1869)
· Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (1853)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano (1910)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Pre, for example side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pre (प्रे).—(pra-i) 2 P.

1) To go forward.

2) To arrive at, reach.

3) To go out of, depart from; धीराः प्रेत्यास्माल्लोका- दमृता भवन्ति (dhīrāḥ pretyāsmāllokā- damṛtā bhavanti) Ken.

4) (Hence) to die, depart life; प्रेत्य (pretya) 'after death'; see प्रेत्य (pretya) below.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pre (प्रे).—go onward, set out, advance proceed; go to, attain, get; go on, succeed, prosper; go off, depart, die.

Pre is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and i (इ).

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

Pre (प्रे):—(pra- 5 √i) [class] 2. [Parasmaipada] praiti ([Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] praitos, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]), to come forth, appear, begin, [Ṛg-veda; Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata];

—to go on, proceed, advance ([especially] as a sacrifice), [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā];

—to go forwards or farther, come to, arrive at, enter ([accusative]), [ib.; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata];

—to go out or away, depart (this life, with or without asmāl lokāt, or itas), die, [Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Intensive] [Ātmanepada] preyate, to drive or go forth (said of Uṣas), [Ṛg-veda]

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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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