Samprasad, Sampra-sad, Saṃprasad: 2 definitions

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

Saṃprasad (संप्रसद्).—cheer up, be gracious or favourable. [Causative] propitiate, make favourable.

Saṃprasad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saṃpra and sad (सद्).

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

Samprasad (सम्प्रसद्):—[=sam-pra-√sad] [Parasmaipada] -sīdati, to settle down quietly, be soothed, be kindly disposed or gracious towards ([genitive case]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.:

—[Causal] -sādayati, to appease, propitiate, [ib.]

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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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