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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for प्रस्तार

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रस्तारprastāra1 Strewing, spreading out, covering with.
    1. 1 Strewing, spreading out, covering with.
    2. A bed of leaves and flowers.
    3. A bed or couch in general.
    4. A flat surface, level, plain.
    5. A thicket, wood.
    6. (In prosody) A tabular representation of the long and short vowels of a metre with all possible varieties.
    7. A process in preparing minerals.
    8. A flight of steps (leading down to water; Marâthî घाट); मणिप्रवालप्रस्तारम् Mb.3.145.5.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रस्तारprastāram. (ifc. f(आ).) strewing, spreading out, extension (also fig. = abundance, high degree) MBh. Ka1v.
    1. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) strewing, spreading out, extension (also figuratively Equivalent to abundance, high degree) MBh. Ka1v.
    2. masculine gender a litter, bed of straw Hariv.
    3. masculine gender a layer S3ulbas.
    4. masculine gender a flight of steps (leading down to water) MBh.
    5. masculine gender a flat surface, plain Hariv. (varia lectio that the rest of a word is to be suppliedस्तर)
    6. masculine gender a jungle or wood overgrown with grass Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender a process in preparing minerals catalogue or catalogues
    8. masculine gender a representation or enumeration of all the possible combinations of certain given numbers or of short and long syllables in a metre Col.
    9. masculine gender (in music) a kind of measure Sam2gi1t.
    10. masculine gender Name of a prince (son of Udgi1tha उद्गीथ) VP. (probably wrong reading for प्रस्ताव)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्रस्तारprastāra[pra-stâra] m. strewing, spreading out; abundance; litter, bed of straw; couch; layer; stair (leading down to…

    [pra-stâra] masculine strewing, spreading out; abundance; litter, bed of straw; couch; layer; stair (leading down to water); flat surface; table of all the possible combinations in a metre: -paṅkti, feminine; also equal for combination-paṅkti, a metre (12+12+8+8 syllables); -stârin, adjective spreading out, extending to; -stâva, masculine pre liminary mention, allusion, propounding or introducing a topic; subject of conversation, topic; opportunity, occasion, season, proper time; beginning, commencement; introduc tion; -of a Sâman sung by the Prastotri priest: instrumental at any one's convenience; locative on a suitable occasion, opportunely, -tas, adverb, -ial, -ially in the course of (--˚); -stâvanâ, feminine; also equal for blazing abroad, through (instrumental); beginning, commencement; introduction, (dramatic) prologue (the scene between the benediction and beginning of the first act); -stâva-sadrisa, adjective suited to the occasion, seasonable, appropriate; -stâvita, causal perfect passive participle commenced, begun; referred to.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · प्रस्तार

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