prāṇin

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. Breathing, living, alive. --m. 1 A living or sentient be- ing, a living creature; yayā prā- ṇinaḥ prāṇavaṃtaḥ Ś. 1. 1; Me. 5. --2 A man. --Comp. --aṃgaṃ a limb of an animal. --jātaṃ a whole class of ani- mals. --dyūtaṃ gambling with fighting- [Page0772-c+ 56] animals, (cock-fighting, ram-fight ng &c.). --pīḍā cruelty to animals.- --hiṃsā injury to life, doing harm to living creatures. --hitā a shoe, boot.

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a. Breathing, living, alive. --m. 1 A living or sentient be- ing, a living creature; yayā prā- ṇinaḥ prāṇavaṃtaḥ Ś. 1. 1; Me. 5. --2 A man. --Comp. --aṃgaṃ a limb of an animal....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

405

Texts Appeared In

62

DCS: ornamented with a bracelet

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 123 30.4%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 30 7.4%
3. Āyurvedadīpikā 25 6.2%
4. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra 22 5.4%
5. Carakasaṃhitā 17 4.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: prāṇino

  nāttā duṣyaty adann ādyān prāṇino 'hany ahany api

• Manusmṛti surface: prāṇino

  dhātraiva sṛṣṭā hy ādyāś ca prāṇino 'ttāra eva ca

• Manusmṛti surface: prāṇināṃ

  yo bandhanavadhakleśān prāṇināṃ na cikīrṣati