Pra, meaning

#pra
pra ind. before View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra ind. forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, especially with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied;sometimes repeated before the verb see ;rarely as a separate word exempli gratia, ‘for example’ ) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra ind. as a prefix to substantive = forth, away see pra-vṛtti-, pra-sthāna- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra ind. as pref. to adjective (cf. mfn.) = excessively, very, much see pra-caṇḍa-, pra-matta- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra ind. in nouns of relationship = great- see pra-pitāmaha-, pra-pautra- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra ind. (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati-, ā-rambha-, ut-karṣa-, sarvato-bhāva-, prāthamya-, khyāti-, ut-patti-, vy-avahāra-) [ confer, compare puras-, purā-, pūrva-; Zend fra; Greek ; Latin pro; Slavonic or Slavonian pra-,pro-; Lithuanian pra-; Gothic fau4r,fau4ra; German vor; English fore.] View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra mfn. ( pṝ-or prā-) filling, fulfilling View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra mfn. (n. fulfilment in fine compositi or ‘at the end of a compound’; see ākūti–, kakṣya–, kāma–) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

pra mfn. like, resembling (in fine compositi or ‘at the end of a compound’; see ikṣu–, kṣura–).

And because she surpassed all of her sex in goodness, beauty, and every quality, the great Rishi called her by the name of #Pramadvara (???)
Maha-bharata Adi

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