prabhā प्रभा – splendour; light; ray

Original text · English · substantive feminine

prabhā́ ·f. splendour, light, beauty (often --°), pl. rays; a woman's name.

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2. pra-bhā, f. light, splendor, radiance, effulgence [cf. acira-p˚, dhūma-p˚]; a ray of light; the shadow of the gnomon on a sun-dial; Light variously per- sonified (as wife of the Sun; or as wife of Kalpa and mother of Prātar, Madhyan-dina, and Sāya, i. e. of Morning, Midday, and Evening; or as a daughter of Svar-bhānu and mother of Nahuṣa); a N. of Durgā; of an Apsaras; of a herdsman's wife; of the city of Kuvera; a kind of metre, four times ˘˘˘˘˘˘¯,˘¯¯˘¯; N. of a commentary by Vaidya-nātha on the Kāvya-pradīpa; of a com- mentary on the Śabda-kaustubha.

Original text · English · verb

prabhā 1 . pra-bhā, cl. 2. P. -bhāti, -bhātum, to shine forth, shine, gleam; to begin to become light, begin to dawn; to appear, seem; to illuminate, enlighten.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

prabhā́ (bhā mit pra) f. 1〉 Helle, Glanz AK. 1,1,2,35. HALĀY. 1,65. VS. 30. VS. 12. prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ BHAG. 7,8. INDR. 1,33. N. 3,13. MBH. 4,389. R. 1,49,17. R. 2,39,18. R. 2,40,24. SUŚR. 1,151,13. RAGH. 2,15. ṚT. 1,19. KATHĀS. 33,70. VID. 145. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 110. ˚taralaṃ jyotiḥ Umschreibung des Blitzes ŚĀK. 25. dīpa˚ MṚCCH. 49,11. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 110. ratnāṅgulīya˚ RAGH. 6,18. ˚hīnāstvoṣadhyaḥ HARIV. 10606. indīvaradala˚ Spr. 429. nakha˚ RAGH. 2,31. kurvantīṃ prabhayā devīṃ sarvā vitimirā diśaḥ N. 16,10. N. 5,7. prabhodayavelāyām Z. d. d. m. G. 14,571,20 wohl fehlerhaft für prabhākarodaya˚. Häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): sahasrāṃśusamaprabha M. 1,9. HARIV. 5604. RAGH. 3,16. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 51,20. vidyutprabha ARJ. 1,1. MṚCCH. 76,8. jāmbūnadasama˚ R. 3,49,37. indrāyudha˚ RAGH. 12,79. amara˚ N. 13,28. HIḌ. 2,28. puṇḍarīkodara˚ HIḌ. 1,32. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 49,22. aśokakusuma˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 81,10. atula˚ von einer Person R. 1,54,13. purī R. 1,5,18. amita˚ R. 1,61,9. yama˚ ŚUK. 41,7. kṛṣṇasāra˚ MEGH. 48. Am Ende von Personennamen WASSILJEW 267. — 2〉 Lichtstrahl H. 100. HALĀY. 1,38. viniśceruḥ prabhā divyā grahāṇāmudayeṣviva MBH. 4,1322. candrasya prabhāḥ śītāḥ HARIV. 7189. — 3〉 der Schatten des Sonnenuhrzeigers SŪRYAS. 3,5. SŪRYAS. 3,13. SŪRYAS. 10,7. COLEBR. Alg. 106. BHĀSKARA_in_Verz. d. B. H. 237,3. — 4〉 die Helle personif. HARIV. 14035. als Gattin der Sonne MĀTSYAP._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,a,22. Gattin Kalpaʼs und Mutter des Prātar, Madyaṃdina und Sāya, des Morgens, Mittags und Abends VĀYU-P._in_VP. 98, N. 1. Tochter Svarbhānuʼs und Mutter Nahuṣaʼs HARIV. 207. HARIV. 212. HARIV. 1475. fg. VP. 147. Durgā H. ś. 59. DEVĪ-P. 45_im_ŚKDR. (dākṣāyaṇī) sūryavimbe prabhā nāma MĀTSYA-P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,35. N. pr. einer Apsaras MBH. 13,1415. einer Hirtin BRAHMAVAIV. P., PRAKṚTIKH. 9_im_ŚKDR. — 5〉 N. der Stadt Kuveraʼs H. 190. — 6〉 ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ –, ⏑ – – ⏑ – COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 160 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. VII, 10). Ind. St. 8,383. — 7〉 Titel eines Buchs HALL 174. eines Commentars zum ŚABDAKAUSTUBHA COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 41. — Vgl. acira˚, dhūma˚, niṣprabha, prati˚.

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prabhā́ f. — 1〉 Helle, Glanz, Licht; prächtiges Aussehen. Häufig am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā). — 2〉 Pl. Strahlen. — 3〉 der Schatten des Sonnenuhrzeigers. — 4〉 ein best. Metrum. — 5〉 Titel verschiedener Werke OPP. CAT. 1. — 6〉 die Helle personificirt als — a〉 Gattin der Sonne. — b〉 als Gattin Kalpaʼs und Mutter des Prātar, Madhyaṃdina und Sāya. — c〉 als eine Form der Durgā in der Sonnenscheibe. — 7〉 eine best. Śakti HEMĀDRI 1,197,20. — 8〉 N. pr. — a〉 einer Apsaras MBH. 13,19,45. — b〉 einer Tochter Svarbhānuʼs und Mutter Nahuṣaʼs. — c〉 *der Stadt Kuberaʼs. — Chr. 158,3 Druckfehler für sabhā.

Original text · English · verbal root

prabhā 2 P. 1 To appear, seem. 2 To shine forth, gleam. 3 To begin to become light, begin to dawn; nanu prabhātā rajanī Ś. 4; prabhātakalpā śaśineva śarvarī R. 3. 2. 4 To illuminate, enlighten.

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prabhā 1 Light, splendour, lustre, effulgence, radiance; prabhāsmi śaśisūrthayoḥ Bg. 7. 8; prabhā pataṃgasya R. 2. 15, R. 2. 31; R. 6. 18; Rs. 1. 20; Me. 47. 2 A ray of light. 3 The shadow of the sun on a sun-dial. 4 An epithet of Durgā. 5 N. of the city of Kubera. 6 N. of an Apsaras. Comp. — karaḥ 1 the sun; R. 10. 74. 2 the moon. 3 fire. 4 the ocean. 5 an epithet of Śiva. 6 N. of a learned writer, the founder of a school of Mīmāṃsā philosophy called after him. — kīṭaḥ a fire-fly. — tarala a. tremulously radiant, na prabhātaralaṃ jyotirudeti vasudhātalāt Ś. 1. 26. — pallavita a. overspread or glowing with lustre; V. 5. 3. — prarohaḥ a ray or flash of light. — maṃḍalaṃ a circle or halo of light; sphuratprabhāṃmaḍalayā ca kāśe Ku. 1. 24; Ku. 6. 4; R. 3. 60; R. 14. 14. — lepin a. covered with lustre, emitting lustre; V. 4. 34.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

prabhā́ f. Glanz, Licht; oft adj. —˚.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

prabhā prabhā f. (bhā) éclat, splendeur. La cité de Kuvera. [Page442-1] prabhākara m. (kṛ) feu; soleil; lune; l'océan. prabhākīṭa m. insecte luisant, en gén., fulgore. prabhāñjana m. (añj) moringa hyperanthera, bot. prabhāla n. le matin, l'aurore. prabhāmi (bhā) luire: uṣā prabhāti l'aurore apparaît; rajanī prabhāti la nuit s'illumine. prabhāvat a. (sfx. vat) brillant, lumineux. — F. prabhāvatī sorte de mètre poétique; luth de certains demi-dieux.