Purahsara, Puraḥsara, Puras-sara: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuraḥsara (पुरःसर).—a. going or moving in front. (-raḥ) 1 a forerunner, harbinger; आविष्कृतोऽरुणपुरःसर एकतोऽर्कः (āviṣkṛto'ruṇapuraḥsara ekato'rkaḥ) Ś.4.2.
2) a follower, attendant; servant; ऊचुर्निषेधितास्तांस्ते वैवस्वतपुरःसराः (ūcurniṣedhitāstāṃste vaivasvatapuraḥsarāḥ) Bhāgavata 6.1.32; परिमेयपुरःसरौ (parimeyapuraḥsarau) R.1.37.
3) a leader, one who leads the way, foremost, pre-eminent; गगनादवतीर्णा सा यथावृद्धपुरःसरा (gaganādavatīrṇā sā yathāvṛddhapuraḥsarā) Kumārasambhava 6.49.
4) (at the end of comp.) attended or preceded by, with; as मानपुरः- सरम्, प्रणामपुरःसरम्, वृकपुरःसराः (mānapuraḥ- saram, praṇāmapuraḥsaram, vṛkapuraḥsarāḥ) &c.
-ram ind. with or after.
Derivable forms: puraḥsaraḥ (पुरःसरः).
Puraḥsara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puras and sara (सर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuraḥsara (पुरःसर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) One who goes first or before. m.
(-raḥ) A leader, a preceder. Adv. n.
(-raṃ) By or with, i. e. preceded by, attended with, as kopapuraḥsara with rage. E. puras before, sara who goes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuraḥsara (पुरःसर).—i. e. puras-sṛ + a, adj., f. rī, and sbst. 1. One who goes first or before, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 25, 27; a leader, a preceder, Mahābhārata 4, 630; [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 77. 2. When latter part of a comp. adj. the fem. ends in rā, Preceded by, attended with, with; e. g. priya-ākhyāna-, adj. Preceded by agreeable news, i. e. with agreeable news, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 10, 31 Gorr. 3. ram, adv. Preceded by, with; e. g. praṇipāta-puraḥsaram, With a prostration, Mārk. P. 77, 30 (laying herself at his feet); after, [Pañcatantra] 16, 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuraḥsara (पुरःसर).—[feminine] ī going before, preceding. [masculine] forerunner, attendant, servant; adj. preceded or accompanied by, connected with, [neuter] [adverb] with, after (—°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Puraḥsara (पुरःसर):—[=puraḥ-sara] [from puraḥ > pur] mf(ī)n. going before or in advance
2) [v.s. ...] m. a forerunner, precursor, harbinger, attendant, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
3) [v.s. ...] ifc. (f(ā). ) attended or preceded by, connected with, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuraḥsara (पुरःसर):—[puraḥ-sara] (raḥ) 1. m. A leader. adv. (raṃ) With, preceded by.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPuraḥsara (ಪುರಃಸರ):—[adjective] going ahead of or happening in advance.
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Puraḥsara (ಪುರಃಸರ):—
1) [noun] a messenger who brings or carries messages before an event happens.
2) [noun] a leader who comes forward voluntarily to guide others.
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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Partial matches: Purah, Puras, Sara.
Starts with: Purahsaram.
Ends with: Buddhipurahsara, Indrapurahsara, Parimeyapurahsara, Pramathitapurahsara, Priyakhyanapurahsara.
Full-text: Purahsaram, Buddhipurahsara, Parimeyapurahsara, Pramathitapurahsara, Manapurahsaram, Priyakhyanapurahsara, Pranipatanapurahsaram, Buddhipurahsaram, Pranipatapurahsaram, Parimeya, Indrapurahsara, Vaisheshika, Pramukha.
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