प्रध्मा

{ pradhmā }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-√ ध्मा    a (or धम्) P. ( Ā. Pot. -ध्मायीत, [ChUp.]) -धमति, to blow before or in front, blow away, [AV.];

to scare, [Car.];

to destroy, [MBh.];

to blow into ( esp. into a conch shell acc.), ib.; [Suśr.]; [Hariv.] &c.;

( Ā.) to cry out, [ChUp. vi, 14, 1]; [Śaṃk.];

(others, ‘to be tossed about’, ‘wander about’) :

Caus. P. Ā. -ध्मापयति, °ते, to blow into, bl° (a conch shell), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]

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प्र √ ध्मा

प्र-°ध्मा  mfn.  b mfn. blowing violently, [MW.]

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प्र °ध्मा

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रध्मा [pradhmā]   1 [P.]
To blow (as a conch); शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः [Bg.1.14.]
To blow away or into.
To destroy,
(Ā.) To cry out; प्रध्मायीताभिनद्धाक्ष आनीतोऽभिनद्धाक्षो विसृष्टः [Ch. up.6.14.1.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्रध्मा  mfn.  ( -ध्माः-ध्माः-ध्म) Blowing violently.
E. प्र before, ध्मा to blow, aff. विच् .

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प्र ध्मा विच् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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