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praśāsanaṃ

praśas f. (√ 1. śas) a hatchet, axe, knife, AitBr. ( Nir. , Sch. ; others = praśasta, prakṛṣṭacchedana &c.)

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1. praśas

praśas f. (√ 1. śas) a hatchet, axe, knife, AitBr. ( Nir. , Sch. ; others = praśasta, prakṛṣṭacchedana &c.)

2. praśās

praśās P. śāsti, ( ep. also Ā. ), to teach, instruct, direct, RV. ; ŚBr. ; R. ; to give instructions to, order, command ( acc. ), MBh. ; R. ; MārkP. ; to chastise, punish, MBh. ; Kathās. ; to govern, rule, reign (also with rājyam), be lord of ( acc. with or without adhi), ŚBr. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c.; …

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.