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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Protha (प्रोथ).—a.

1) Famous, well-known.

2) Placed, fixed.

3) Travelling, going out on a journey, wayfaring; वृक्षान्तमुदकान्तं च प्रियं प्रोथमनुव्रजेत् (vṛkṣāntamudakāntaṃ ca priyaṃ prothamanuvrajet) Tv.

-thaḥ, -tham 1 The nose or nostrils of a horse; चलाचलप्रोथतया महीभृते स्ववेगदर्पानिव वक्तुमुत्सुकम् (calācalaprothatayā mahībhṛte svavegadarpāniva vaktumutsukam) N.1.6; Śiśupālavadha 11.11;12.73; विपुलप्रोथललाट- कटपुरस्कम् (vipulaprothalalāṭa- kaṭapuraskam) Bu. Ch.5.73.

2) The snout of a hog; निध्नन् प्रोथेन पृथिवीं विलिखंश्चरणैरपि (nidhnan prothena pṛthivīṃ vilikhaṃścaraṇairapi) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.167.19.

-thaḥ 1 The hip, buttocks.

2) An excavation.

3) A garment, old clothes.

4) Embryo.

6) Terror, fright.

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

Protha (प्रोथ).—mfn.

(-thaḥ-thā-thaṃ) 1. Travelling, wayfaring, a traveller. 2. Notorious, famous. 3. Placed, fixed. mn.

(-thaḥ-thaṃ) 1. The nose of a horse or the tip of it. 2. The snout of a hog. m.

(-thaṃ) 1. The loins or hip. 2. Old clothes. 3. The embryo or fœtus. 4. An excavation. E. pru to go, Unadi aff. thak .

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

Protha (प्रोथ).—i. e. I. proth + a (perhaps pra-ud-stha, vb. sthā; in this case the vb. proth would be an old [denominative.], but cf. [New High German.] prusten), m. and n. The nose of a horse, [Nala] 13, 20; of a hog, [Arjunasamāgama] 3, 19. Ii. (for prottha, i. e. pra-ud-stha), adj. 1. Travelling, a traveller. 2. Notorious. 3. Fixed. Iii. m. 1. The loins or hips. 2. The womb.

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

Protha (प्रोथ).—[substantive] the nostrils of a horse or the snout of a hog.

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

1) Protha (प्रोथ):—[from pruth] a mn. ([gana] ardharcādi) the nostrils of a horse, [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira] (cf. pṛthu-p)

2) [v.s. ...] the snout of a hog, [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] m. the loins or hip (of a man), [Bhāvaprakāśa]

4) [v.s. ...] the womb, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a cave, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] a petticoat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] terror, fright, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] a traveller (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] mfn. notorious, famous (?), [Horace H. Wilson]

10) [v.s. ...] placed, fixed (?), [ib.]

11) [from proth] b etc. See under √pruth.

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

Protha (प्रोथ):—[(thaḥ-thā-thaṃ) a.] Travelling; famous; fixed. m. n. Tip of a horse’s nose. m. The hip; foetus or embryo; old cloths.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Protha (प्रोथ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Poha.

[Sanskrit to German]

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context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prōtha (ಪ್ರೋಥ):—

1) [adjective] famous; renowned; well-reputed.

2) [adjective] kept or placed (in such and such a manner).

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Prōtha (ಪ್ರೋಥ):—

1) [noun] the nostril of a horse.

2) [noun] the part of the body between the ribs and the hips.

3) [noun] a man who is travelling; a traveller; a passenger.

context information

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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Starts with: Prothatha.

Ends with: Kataprotha, Katiprotha, Praprotha, Prithuprotha.

Full-text: Katiprotha, Prothin, Proshya, Prothatha, Poha, Proth, Prithuprotha, Sthika, Katidesha, Apapruth, Praprotha, Prithu.

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