Pringa, Pṛṅga: 2 definitions
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Pringa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
The Sanskrit term Pṛṅga can be transliterated into English as Prnga or Pringa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Pṛṅga (पृङ्ग) is synonymous with Netra, a type of figured and coloured silk (cloth), commonly traded with foreign merchants in ancient India, according to Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Bāṇa mentions netra about 150 years before Uddyotanasūri, and it appears that netra was a special kind of figured and coloured silk which according to Śaṃkara was synonymous with pṛṅga. It is new information that figured Chinese silk was given the new trade name of netra in India (See Harṣacarita). Somadevasūri (959 A.D.) refers to netra as a superior silken fabric that was in use in the Rāṣṭrakūṭa empire. The Varṇaratnākara of Jyotirīśvara Ṭhakkura (about 1400 A.D.) mentions two kinds of netra cloth mostly according to their different colours. Jāyasī (circa 1528 A.D.) mentions netra as a superior silken fabric used in the royal houses.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPṛṅga (पृङ्ग).—m. (n. sg. °gaḥ, v.l. bṛ°; Mironov pṛṅgaḥ, vv. ll. pridgu, priṅgā, vradgāḥ), figured silk (so Tibetan, dar ri mo can): Mahāvyutpatti 5866. Reported but not defined in Schmidt, Nachträge, from commentary to Harṣac.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pringa moxa, Pringamoza.
Full-text: Pringa moxa, Bringa, Netra.
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