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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prakvaṇa (प्रक्वण) or Prakvāṇa (प्रक्वाण).—The sound of a lute.

Derivable forms: prakvaṇaḥ (प्रक्वणः), prakvāṇaḥ (प्रक्वाणः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prakvaṇa (प्रक्वण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) The sound of the Vina or lute. E. pra principal, kvaṇ to sound, aff. ap; also prakvāṇa .

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Prakvāṇa (प्रक्वाण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) The sound of the Vina or lute. E. pra before, kvaṇ to sound, aff. ghañ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prakvaṇa (प्रक्वण).—[pra-kvāṇ + a], m. The sound of the vīṇā or lute.

Prakvaṇa can also be spelled as Prakvāṇa (प्रक्वाण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Prakvaṇa (प्रक्वण):—[=pra-kvaṇa] [from pra-kvaṇ] m. (ifc. f(ā). ) the sound of a Vinā or lute, [Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) Prakvāṇa (प्रक्वाण):—[=pra-kvāṇa] [from pra-kvaṇ] m. the sound of a Vīṇā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] [wrong reading] for prahvāṇa, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Prakvaṇa (प्रक्वण):—[pra-kvaṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. Sound of the lute.

2) Prakvāṇa (प्रक्वाण):—[pra-kvāṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prakvāṇa (ಪ್ರಕ್ವಾಣ):—[noun] the sound produced from vīṇe, the Indian lute.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra, Kvana.

Full-text: Kvaṇ, Upakvana.

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