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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रस्थानम्prasthānam1 Going or setting forth, departure, moving, walking; प्रस्थानविक्लवगतेरवलम्बनार्थम् Ś.5.3; R.4.88; Me.43…
1. 1 Going or setting forth, departure, moving, walking; प्रस्थानविक्लवगतेरवलम्बनार्थम् Ś.5.3; R.4.88; Me.43; प्रस्थानं वलयैः कृतम् Amaru.36.
2. Coming to मन्ये मत्पावनायैव प्रस्थानं भवतामिह Ku.6.61.
3. Sending away, despatching.
4. Procession, march.
5. A march, the march of an army or assailant; प्रस्थाने भूमिपालो दशदिवमसभिव्याप्य नैकत्र तिष्ठेत.
6. A method, system.
7. Death, dying.
8. An inferior kind of drama; see S. D.276,544.
9. A religious school, sect; प्रभिन्ने प्रस्थाने परिमितमदः पथ्यमिति च Mahimna 7.
10. Religious mendicancy; सप्रस्थानाः क्षात्रधर्मा विशिष्टाः Mb.12.64.22.
Derived forms and compounds
- -त्रयी, -त्रयम् Bhagwadgītā, Upaniṣadas and Brahmasūtras.
- -दुन्दुभिः a drum giving the signal for marching.
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प्रतिप्रस्थानम्pratiprasthānam1 Joining the opposite party, going over to the enemy.
1. 1 Joining the opposite party, going over to the enemy.
2. The office of the प्रतिप्रस्थातृ. प्रतिप्रास्था- निक Equivalent to relating to this office; प्रतिप्रास्थानिकं कर्म सात्यकिस्तु करिष्यति Mb.5.141,42.
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संप्रस्थानम्saṃprasthānamDeparture, advance.

Departure, advance.

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