Prishni, Pṛśni, Pṛśnī, Pṛṣṇi, Pṛṣṇī: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Pṛśni and Pṛśnī and Pṛṣṇi and Pṛṣṇī can be transliterated into English as Prsni or Prishni, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Pṛśni (पृश्नि).—The name of Devakī in a previous birth.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Pṛśni (पृश्नि).—Wife of the Prajāpati named Sutapas. (See under Aditi).
2) Pṛśni (पृश्नि).—An ancient sage. He approached Droṇa during the Kurupāṇḍava battle and commanded him to stop the battle. (Śloka 34, Chapter 190, Droṇa Parva). He attained svarga by the power of his penance. (Chapter 26, Śānti Parva).
1) Pṛśni (पृश्नि).—The son of Mādhri's son, Yudhājit; had two sons Śvaphalka and Citraka.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 101.
2a) Pṛśnī (पृश्नी).—The wife of Savitā, and mother of Śāvitrī, Vyāhṛtī and others.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 18. 1.
2b) Devakī in the epoch of Svāyambhuva Manu: Married Sutapas the progenitor: was engaged in tapas with her husband for 12000 divine years. To them was born Hari by name Pṛśnigarbha.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 3. 32-41; 6. 25.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Priśni (प्रिश्नि) or Priśniparṇa refers to a type of Patra (plant-leaf), which represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.— The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants, e.g., Leaf (parṇa or patra). [...] A small round leaf which has a thin lamina with rough surface is called priśni-parṇa.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Biology (plants and animals)
Prsni in India is the name of a plant defined with Aglaia odorata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aglaia odorata var. microphyllina C. DC..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Antiviral Research (2005)
· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1878)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Journal of Natural Products (1996)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Prsni, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Pṛśni (पृश्नि) or Pṛṣṇi (पृष्णि).—a. [spṛś ni° kicca pṛṣo° salopaḥ; Uṇ4. 52]
1) Short, small, dwarfish.
2) Delicate, feeble.
3) Diversified, spotted.
4) Various, diverse (Ved.).
-śniḥ A dwarf.
-śni f.
1) A ray of light.
2) The earth.
3) The starry sky.
4) Name of Devakī, mother of Kṛṣṇa.
5) A cloud.
6) Milk.
7) A dappled cow.
8) The earth.
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Pṛśnī (पृश्नी) or Pṛṣṇī (पृष्णी).—Name of an aquatic plant.
See also (synonyms): pṛśnikā.
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Pṛṣṇi (पृष्णि).—f.
1) The heel.
2) A ray of light.
Derivable forms: pṛṣṇiḥ (पृष्णिः).
Pṛśni (पृश्नि).—mfn. (-śniḥ-śniḥ-śni) 1. Small, short, thin. 2. Delicate, feeble. f.
(-śniḥ) 1. A ray of light. 2. A queen, the wife of Sutapa, who being regenerated after death, became Devaki the mother of Krishna. 3. The earth. E. spṛś to touch, ni Unadi aff., and the initial rejected; also pṛṣṇi .
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Pṛśnī (पृश्नी).—f. (-śnī) An aquatic plant, (Pistia stratiotes.) E. pṛṣ to sprinkle, ni, aff. and ṅīp added.
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Pṛṣṇi (पृष्णि).—mfn. (-ṣṇiḥ-ṣṇiḥ-ṣṇi) Small, short or thin: see pṛśni. f.
(-ṣṇiḥ) 1. The heel: see pārṣṇi. 2. A ray of light. E. pṛṣ to sprinkle, ni Unadi aff. deriv. irr.
Pṛśni (पृश्नि).—I. adj. 1. Of variegated colour. 2. Delicate, feeble. 3. Thin, small, short. Ii. m. 1. A proper name. 2. A tribe of Ṛṣis. Iii. f. 1. A ray of light. 2. The mother of the Maruts. 3. A kind of fruit. pṛśnī, Pistia stratistes Lin.
Pṛśni (पृश्नि).—[adjective] speckled, dapple; [plural] manifold, various. —[masculine] [Name] of a prince, [plural] [Name] of a race of Ṛṣis; [feminine] a dappled cow, milk, the earth, a cloud, the starry sky, [Name] of the mother of the Maruts.
1) Pṛśni (पृश्नि):—mfn. ([Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 52]) variegated, dappled, piebald, speckled, spotted (said [especially] of cows, serpents, frogs etc.), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???; Mahābhārata]
2) ([plural]) manifold, different (as desires), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
3) dwarfish, thin, small, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) m. Name of a prince (the father of Śvaphalka), [Harivaṃśa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
5) ([plural]) Name of a family of Ṛṣis, [Mahābhārata] (nayo jāh, the supposed authors of [Ṛg-veda ix, 86, 31-40; Anukramaṇikā])
6) f. a dappled cow ([figuratively] = milk, the earth, a cloud, the starry sky), [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata]
7) a ray of light, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Name of the mother of the Maruts, [Ṛg-veda]
9) of the wife of Savitṛ, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
10) of the wife of king Su-tapas (who in a former birth under the name of Devakī was mother of Kṛṣṇa), [ib.]
11) Pṛśnī (पृश्नी):—[from pṛśni] a f. Pistia Stratiotes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) Pṛśni (पृश्नि):—n. (with bharad-vājasya) Name of 2 Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
13) cf. √pṛṣ; [Greek] περκνός.
14) Pṛśnī (पृश्नी):—[from pṛśni] b f. See pṛśni.
15) Pṛṣṇi (पृष्णि):—mfn. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) = pṛśni
16) f. = pārṣṇi, or = pṛśni (ray of light).
1) Pṛśni (पृश्नि):—(śniḥ) 2. f. A ray of light; a queen, mother of Krishna; the earth. a. Small, thin, delicate.
2) Pṛśnī (पृश्नी):—(śnī) 3. f. An aquatic plant.
3) Pṛṣṇi (पृष्णि):—[(ṣṇiḥ-ṣṇiḥ-ṣṇi) a.] Small, thin. f. The heel; a ray of light.
Pṛśni (पृश्नि):—
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Pṛśnī (पृश्नी):—s. u. pṛśni .
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Pṛṣṇi (पृष्णि):—
1) adj. = pṛśni [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 48.] [Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) f. a) = pārṣṇi [Uṇādikoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) = pṛśni Lichtstrahl [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 99,] [Scholiast] [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
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Pṛśni (पृश्नि):—
3) streiche eine best. Frucht und setze die Stelle [Harivaṃśa 11533] praśrayo kṣatāḥ (die neuere Ausg.) zu 4). —
4) praśrayaḥ (ed. Bomb. pṛśnayaḥ) [Mahābhārata 12, 774. 6144.] Am Ende hinzuzufügen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 3, 32.]
Pṛśni (पृश्नि):——
1) Adj. — a) gesprenkelt , bunt , scheckig. — b) Pl. vielartig , vielerlei. — c) *zwerghaft , klein. —
2) m. Nomen proprium — a) Pl. eines Ṛṣi-Geschlechts [Mahābhārata 12,26,7.166,25.] — b) eines Fürsten. —
3) f. pṛśni — a) eine scheckige Kuh. — b) Milch. — c) die Erde. — d) Wolke. — e) der bunte oder gestirnte Himmel. — f) *Lichtstrahl. — g) Nomen proprium — α) der Mutter der Marut. — β) einer Gattin des Savitar. — γ) einer Gattin des Fürsten Sutapas. —
4) *f. pṛśnī Pistia Stratiotes. —
5) n. bharaṭvājasya Name zweier Sāman [Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa]
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Pṛśnī (पृश्नी):—s. pṛśnī.
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Pṛṣṇi (पृष्णि):——
1) Adj. = pṛśni. —
2) f. — a) = pārṣṇi. — b) = pṛśni Lichtstrahl.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Pṛśni (ಪೃಶ್ನಿ):—
1) [adjective] smaller than the usual one of its species; dwarfish; short.
2) [adjective] lacking physical strength; weak.
3) [adjective] variegatged; dappled; spotted.
4) [adjective] of various types; not alike; different; various.
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Pṛśni (ಪೃಶ್ನಿ):—
1) [noun] a dwarf, short person.
2) [noun] a ray of light.
3) [noun] the earth.
4) [noun] the starry sky.
5) [noun] a cloud.
6) [noun] Dēvaki, Kṛṣṇa’s mother.
7) [noun] milk.
8) [noun] a cow having spots on its body.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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