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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 प्राच्य

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्राच्यprācyaa.Being or situated in front.

    [प्राचि भवः यत्]

    1. Being or situated in front.
    2. Being or living in the east, eastern, easterly.
    3. Prior, preceding, previous.
    4. Ancient, old.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -च्याः

      1. (Plural)
      2. 'The eastern country', the country south or east of the river Sarasvatī.
      3. The people of this country.

    • -पदवृत्तिः a term applied to the rule according to which ए remains in particular cases unchanged before अ -भाषा the eastern dialect, language spoken in the east of India.

    • -वृत्तिः a kind of metre.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्राच्यprācyasee p. 705, col. 1 .
    1. see page and participle 705, column 1 .
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender being in front or in the east, living in the east, belonging to the east, eastern, easterly AV. RPra1t. Scholiast or Commentator MBh. R. etc.
    3. feminine preceding (also in a work), prior, ancient, old (opp. to आधुनिक) Ba1lar. Sa1h.
    4. feminine Name of particular hymns belonging to the Sa1ma-veda साम-वेद Hariv. BhP.
    5. masculine gender Name of a man Buddh.
    6. masculine gender (plural) the inhabitants of the east, the eastern country Breton Ka1tyS3r. MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender the ancients S3a1rn3gP.
    8. mf(आ)neuter gender being in front or in the east, living in the east, belonging to the east, eastern, easterly AV. RPra1t. Scholiast or Commentator MBh. R. etc.
    9. mf(आ)neuter gender preceding (also in a work), prior, ancient, old (opp. to आधुनिक) Ba1lar. Sa1h.
    10. mf(आ)neuter gender Name of particular hymns belonging to the Sa1ma-veda साम-वेद Hariv. BhP.
    11. masculine gender Name of a man Buddh.
    12. masculine gender (plural) the inhabitants of the east, the eastern country Breton Ka1tyS3r. MBh. etc.
    13. masculine gender the ancients S3a1rn3gP.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्राच्यprācya[prâk-yã (or yá)] a. being in front; situated, living, prevailing, or spoken in the east, eastern; prior…

    [prâk-yã (or yá)] adjective being in front; situated, living, prevailing, or spoken in the east, eastern; prior, previous; preceding (in a book); former, ancient, old; masculine plural people of the east, eastern country; the ancients: -pada-vritti, feminine; also equal for the euphonic combination e ͜ a; -ratha, masculine car used in the eastern country; - ͜ udañk, adjective (feminine; also equal for - ͜ udîkî) running from east to west.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · प्राच्य

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