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Apte Dictionary

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

प्रpraind.As a prefix to verbs it means 'forward', 'forth', 'in front', 'onward', 'before', 'away', as in प्रगम्…
1. As a prefix to verbs it means 'forward', 'forth', 'in front', 'onward', 'before', 'away', as in प्रगम्, प्रस्था, प्रचर्, प्रया etc.
2. With adjectives it means 'very', 'excessively', 'very much' etc.; प्रकृष्ट, प्रमत्त etc., see further on.
3. With nouns whether derived from verbs or not, it is used in the following senses according to G. M.: (a) beginning, commencement; (प्रयाणम्, प्रस्थानम्, प्राह्ण); (b) length (प्रवालभूषिक); (c) power (प्रभु); (d) intensity, excess (प्रवाद, प्रकर्ष, प्रच्छाय प्रगुण); (e) source or origin (प्रभव, प्रपौत्र); (f) completion, perfectness, satisfaction (प्रभुक्तमन्नम्); (g) destitution, separation, being without (प्रोषिता, प्रपर्णवृक्षः); (h) apart (प्रज्ञु); (i) excellence (प्राचार्यः); (j) purity (प्रसन्नं जलम्); (k) wish (प्रार्थना); (l) cessation (प्रशम); (m) adoration, respect (प्राञ्जलिः who respectfully folds his hands together); (n) prominence (प्रणस, प्रवाल). In the Veda it is often used as a separable adverb; Compare प्र आदिकर्मदीर्घेशभृशसंभवतृप्तिवियोगशुद्धिशक्तीच्छाशान्तिपूजाग्रहर्शनेषु.
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माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः॥

mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradaghmatuḥ. — Then, seated in their great chariot, yoked to white horses, Madhava (Sri Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna) blew their divine conchs. 1·14
- प्रदध्मतुःpradadhmatuḥperfect 3rd person plural of the verbal root dhmā (to blow) with the prefix pra.
- प्रणश्यन्तिpraṇaśyantipresent 3rd person plural of the verbal root naś (to perish) with the prefix pra.
- प्रदुष्यन्तिpraduṣyantipresent 3rd person plural of the verbal root duṣ (to pollute, contaminate, become corrupt) with the prefix pra.
- प्रपश्यामिprapaśyāmipresent 1st person singular of the verbal root dṛś (to see) with the prefix pra.
- प्राप्स्यसिprāpsyasifut. 2nd person singular of verbal root āp (to get, attain) with the prefix pra.
- प्रहास्यसिprahāsyasifut. 2nd person singular of the verbal root hā (to abandon, cast away) with the prefix pra.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

प्रpra[prá] ad. (with verbs) before; forward, onward, on, forth; ˚-with nouns, fore-; great(in relationship); ˚-with…

[prá] adverb, -ial, -ially (with verbs) before; forward, onward, on, forth; ˚-with nouns, fore-; great(in relationship); ˚-with adjective exceedingly, very.

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अंशप्रदानaṃśapradāna[amsa-pradâna] n. distribution of shares.

[amsa-pradâna] neuter distribution of shares.

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अकर्मप्राप्तिakarmaprāpti[a-karma-prâpti] f. non-intervention of fate.

[a-karma-prâpti] feminine; also equal for non-intervention of fate.

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अकलिप्रसरakaliprasara[akali-prasara] a. where no quarrelling occurs.

[akali-prasara] adjective where no quarrelling occurs.

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अक्षप्रियakṣapriya[aksha-priya] a. fond of dice or lucky at play (beloved by dice).

[aksha-priya] adjective fond of dice or lucky at play (beloved by dice).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रpraind. before
1. indeclinable before
2. indeclinable forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, especially with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb confer, compare Pa1n2. 8-1, 6; rarely as a separate word exempli gratia, 'for example' AitBr. ii, 40)
3. indeclinable as a prefix to substantive Equivalent to forth, away confer, compare प्र-वृत्ति, प्र-स्थान
4. indeclinable as pref. to adjective Equivalent to excessively, very, much confer, compare प्र-चण्ड, प्र-मत्त
5. indeclinable in nouns of relationship Equivalent to great- confer, compare प्र-पितामह, प्र-पौत्र
6. indeclinable (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of गति, आ-रम्भ, उत्-कर्ष, सर्वतो-भाव, प्राथम्य, ख्याति, उत्-पत्ति, व्य्-अवहार) fg-veda etc. etc. [confer, compare पुरस्, पुरा, पूर्व; Zend fra; Greek πρό; Latin pro; Slavonic or Slavonian pra-, pro-; Lithuanian pra-; Gothic fau4r, fau4ra; German vor; English fore .]
7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√पॄ or प्रा) filling, fulfilling
8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (neuter gender fulfilment in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; confer, compare आकूति-, कक्ष्य-, काम-)
9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective like, resembling (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; confer, compare इक्षु-, क्षुर-).
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अंशप्रकल्पनाaṃśaprakalpanāf. allotment of a portion.

feminine allotment of a portion.

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अंशप्रदानaṃśapradānan. allotment of a portion.

neuter gender allotment of a portion.

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अक्षप्रपातनakṣaprapātanan. casting glances, Hariv.

neuter gender casting glances, Hariv.

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