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Results for प्रणाम
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
प्रणामpraṇāma1 Bending, bowing, stooping.
1 Bending, bowing, stooping.
A reverential salutation, obeisance, prostration, bow (used with Dative); as in साष्टाङ्गप्रणाम; Ku.6.91; मूर्ध्ना प्रणामं वृषभध्वजाय चकार 3.62; अस्मै प्रणाममकरवम् K.142.
Derived forms and compounds
-अञ्जलिः a respectful salutation with the hands folded together; Ku.4.35; for अष्टाङ्गdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied see अष्टाङ्ग.
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
प्रणामpraṇāmam. (ifc. f(आ).) bending, bowing, a bow, respectful salutation, prostration, obeisance (esp. to a Bra1hman…
masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) bending, bowing, a bow, respectful salutation, prostration, obeisance (especially to a Bra1hman Brahman or to a deity) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
अष्टाङ्गप्रणामaṣṭāṅgapraṇāmam. prostration of the eight parts of the body (in performing very profound obeisance; the eight parts are the…
masculine gender prostration of the eight parts of the body (in performing very profound obeisance; the eight parts are the hands, breast, forehead, eyes, throat, and middle of the back; or the first four, with the knees and feet; or these six, with the speech and mind) Lexicographers