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Apte Dictionary

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

प्राचीनprācīnaa.Turned towards the front or east, eastern, easterly.
[प्राच् भवार्थे ख]
1. Turned towards the front or east, eastern, easterly.
2. Previous, former, previously mentioned.
3. Old, ancient. नः, नम् A fence, wall.
4. The eastern country; प्राचीनवाहिनीं चैव नदीं भृशम- कर्दमाम् Rām.4.27.16.
Derived forms and compounds
- -नम्
  
  Indeclinable
  
  In front.
  
  Eastward (Ablative)
  
  Before.
- -अग्र Adjective Equivalent to प्रागग्र quod vide, which see
- -आवीतम् the sacred thread (यज्ञोपवीत) worn over the right shoulder and passed under the left arm, as at a Śrāddha.
- -आवीतिन्, -उपवीत Adjective wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder and under the left arm; सव्ये प्राचीनआवीती निवीती कण्ठसज्जने Ms.2.63.
- -कल्पः a former kalpa quod vide, which see
- -गाथा an ancient story or tradition.
- -तिलकः the moon.
- -पनसः the Bilva tree.
- -बर्हिस् Masculine an epithet of Indra.
- -मतम् an ancient opinion, a belief sanctioned by antiquity.
- -मूल Adjective having roots turned eastward.
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अप्राचीनaprācīnaa.Modern.
1. Modern.
2. Not eastern, western.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

प्राचीनprācīna[prâk-î́na] a. turned frontways; eastward; eastern, living in the east; an terior, former, previous, old: -m…

[prâk-î́na] adjective turned frontways; eastward; eastern, living in the east; an terior, former, previous, old: -m, adverb, -ial, -ially for wards; in front of (ablative); eastwards, to the east of (ablative); previously to, before (ablative); -âvîtin, adjectiveEquivalent to- ͜ âvîtin; -grîva, adjective having the neck directed forward or eastward; - ͜ âvîtá, neuter wearing of the sacred cord over the right shoulder; - ͜ âvîtín, adjective wearing the sacred cord over the right shoulder; - ͜ upavîtá, perfect passive participle the same

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्राचीनprācīna&c. see p. 704, col. 3 .
1. etc. see page and participle 704, column 3 .
2. mf(आ)neuter gender turned towards the front or eastward, eastern, easterly fg-veda TS. Breton etc.
3. mf(आ)neuter gender former, Prior, preceding. ancient, old Mn. Kull. Ha1yan.
4. masculine gender neuter gender a hedge (Equivalent to प्राचीर) Lexicographers
5. masculine gender the Ichneumon plant Lexicographers
6. neuter gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr.
7. neuter gender subsequently (/अतः-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "further on from that point") S3Br.
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अप्राचीनaprācīnamfn. not eastern, western
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not eastern, western
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not old, modern, recent.
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प्राचीनआवीतिन्prācīnaāvītinmfn. = ˚ना*वीतिन् (q.v.) Mn.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedना*वीतिन् (quod vide) Mn.

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प्राचीनकर्णprācīnakarṇamf(आ)n. having the wood-knots turned eastward (said of a branch of the Udumbara उदुम्बर tree) A1pS3r.

mf(आ)neuter gender having the wood-knots turned eastward (said of a branch of the Udumbara उदुम्बर tree) A1pS3r.

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प्राचीनकल्पprācīnakalpam. a former Kalpa कल्प or period of the world's duration Sa1m2khyak. Sch.

masculine gender a former Kalpa कल्प or period of the world's duration Sa1m2khyak. Scholiast or Commentator

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प्राचीनकूलprācīnakūla(BhP.) = प्राक्-क्˚ = प्राक्-तूत, q.v. (v.l. प्राचीनमूल).

(BhP.) Equivalent to प्राक्-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Equivalent to प्राक्-तूत, quod vide (varia lectio प्राचीनमूल).

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प्राचीनगर्भprācīnagarbham. N. of an ancient R2ishi ऋषि also called Apa7ntara-tamas अपान्तर-तमस् MBh.

masculine gender Name of an ancient R2ishi ऋषि also called Apa7ntara-tamas अपान्तर-तमस् MBh.

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