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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for प्राचीन

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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

      1. Indeclinable
      2. In front.
      3. Eastward (Ablative)
      4. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. 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

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · प्राचीन

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