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Apte Dictionary

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

प्रशस्यpraśasyaa.(Compar. श्रेयस् or ज्यायस्, superl. श्रेष्ठ or ज्येष्ठ) Praiseworthy, commendable, excellent.
(Compar. श्रेयस् or ज्यायस्, superl. श्रेष्ठ or ज्येष्ठ) Praiseworthy, commendable, excellent.
In the Gita1·31 2·5 2·7 2·31 3·35 5·1 12·12 3·1 3·8 3·21+2

न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ।

na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave, — Nor do I see any good in slaying my own people in battle; O Krishna, I desire not victory, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. 1·31
- श्रेयःśreyaḥnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun śreyas (greater good). praśasya (more splendid or beautiful, superior, preferable).
- ज्यायसीjyāyasīnominative singular of the feminine form of the compound degree of the adjective praśasya meaning (great).
- ज्यायःjyāyaḥnominative singular of the neuter form of the compound degree of the adjective praśasya (great).
- श्रेष्ठःśreṣṭhaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the super. degree of the adjective praśasya (splendid or beautiful, best, first, chief).
- श्रेयान्‌śreyānnominative singular of the masculine form of the compound degree of the adjective praśasya (splendid or beautiful).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रशस्यpraśasyamfn. to be praised, praiseworthy, excellent, eminent RV. Nir. MBh. &c.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be praised, praiseworthy, excellent, eminent fg-veda Nir. MBh. etc.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be called happy, to be congratulated MBh. (confer, compare that the rest of a word is to be suppliedशंस्य)
3. indeclinable having praised or commended MBh. R. Pan5cat. BhP.
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अप्रशस्यapraśasyamfn. not praiseworthy.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not praiseworthy.

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प्रशस्यताpraśasyatāf. excellence, eminence Hemac. 2.

feminine excellence, eminence Hemac. 2.

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