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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रशस्तpraśastap. p.Praised, lauded, commended, eulogised.
    1. Praised, lauded, commended, eulogised.
    2. Praiseworthy, commendable.
    3. Best, excellent
    4. Blessed, happy, auspicious.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अद्रिः Name of a mountain.

    In the Gita17·26

    प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते ॥

    praśaste karmaṇi tathā sacchabdaḥ pārtha yujyate. — Sat means good and it means existence; likewise, O Partha, the word Sat is used in the sense of a good work (for all good works prepare the soul for… 17·26
    • प्रशस्तेpraśastelocative singular of the past participial adjective praśasta (happy, auspicious, good).
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  2. अप्रशस्तapraśastaa.Not praiseworthy, worthless, contemptible.
    1. Not praiseworthy, worthless, contemptible.
    2. Not approved, forbidden.
    3. (Vedic) Disobedient.
    4. Less, deficient, decayed (क्षीण).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रशस्तpraśastamfn. praised, commended, considered fit or good, happy, auspicious (as stars, days &c.) RV. A1s3vGr2. Mn. MBh.…
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective praised, commended, considered fit or good, happy, auspicious (as stars, days etc.) fg-veda A1s3vGr2. Mn. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective better, more excellent Gaut.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective best A1past.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective consecrated (as water) Var.
    5. masculine gender Name of a man Katha1s.
    6. masculine gender of a poet catalogue or catalogues
    7. etc. see प्र-√शंस् .
    8. A1pS3r.
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  2. अप्रशस्तapraśastamfn. not praised, fameless RV. ii, 41, 16 and iv, 28, 4
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not praised, fameless fg-veda ii, 41, 16 and iv, 28, 4
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not good, inferior, worthless
    3. neuter gender dirt, natural excretion Mn. xi, 255.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not praised, blamable fg-veda i, 167, 8.
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  3. कविप्रशस्तkavipraśastamfn. esteemed or praised by sages RV. v, 1, 8.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective esteemed or praised by sages fg-veda v, 1, 8.

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  4. खण्डप्रशस्तिkhaṇḍapraśastif. N. of a poem attributed to Hanu1mat हनूमत् (an older N. for the play called after him).

    feminine Name of a poem attributed to Hanu1mat हनूमत् (an older Name for the play called after him).

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  5. गौडोर्वीकुलप्रशस्तिgauḍorvīkulapraśastif. N. of wk.

    feminine Name of work

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  6. छन्दःप्रशस्तिchandaḥpraśastif. = ˚न्द-प्र्˚ .

    feminine Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्द-प्र्that the rest of a word is to be supplied .

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अतिप्रशस्तatipraśasta[ati-pra-sasta] pp. greatly praised; -sânta, pp. completely allayed; -sakta, pp. excessively attached.

    [ati-pra-sasta] perfect passive participle greatly praised; -sânta, perfect passive participle completely allayed; -sakta, perfect passive participle excessively attached.

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  2. अप्रशस्तapraśasta[a-pra-sastá] pp. accursed, bad, im pure; faulty, damaged; n. dirt.

    [a-pra-sastá] perfect passive participle accursed, bad, im pure; faulty, damaged; neuter dirt.

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