Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

pracaya प्रचय – collecting, gathering (as fruit or flowers, but especially by means of a stick or other implement)

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

pracaya ·m. plucking, gathering; heap, quantity, multitude.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-caya, as, m. collecting, gathering (as fruit or flowers, but especially by means of a stick or other implement); a heap, quantity, number; slight union or aggregation; the neutral accentless tone (also called eka-śruti); the common increase or difference of the terms in a progression (in algebra).

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

pracaya pra-caya, &c. See under pra-ci, col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

pracaya (von 1. ci mit pra) m. 1〉 das Lesen, Einsammeln: vṛkṣāgrasthānāṃ phalānāṃ yaṣṭyā pracayaṃ karoti, puṣpa˚ P. 3,3,40, Sch. — 2〉 Anhäufung, tumor, Ansammlung, Menge SUŚR. 2,312,9. BHĀṢĀP. 110. pracayaḥ śithilākhyo yaḥ saṃyogaḥ BHĀṢĀP. 111. prarūṭhaśāli˚ ṚT. 5,1. ātapatra˚ RĀJA-TAR. 5,482. bhinnāñjana˚ ṚT. 3,5. amedhya˚ Spr. 2994. prāleyavāta˚ Spr. 1928. ādityādikriyā˚ KULL._zu_M. 1,24. — 3〉 = pracayasvara TAITT. PRĀT. 2,6. TAITT. PRĀT. 2,7. TAITT. PRĀT. 2,9_in_Ind. St. 4,137. Ind. St. 4,167. Ind. St. 4,257.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pracaya 2〉 am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā KIR. 5,48.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

pracaya m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 das Abpflücken, Lesen, Einsammeln. — 2〉 Anhäufung, tumor, Ansammlung, Menge pracayakāṣṭhāgata Adj. den höchsten [Page4-131-c] Grad der Intensität erreicht habend Comm. zu NYĀYAS. 4,2,12. — 3〉 = pracayasvara Comm. zu NYĀYAM. 9,2,15.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

praca(cā)yaḥ 1 Collecting, gathering (as flowers). 2 A multitude, quantity, collection, number; Mv. 2. 15. 3 Growth, increase. 4 Slight union. 5 The neutral accentless tone (ekaśruti). 6 The common difference of terms in a progression.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

praca(cā)ya See under praci.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

pracaya m. das Pflücken, Sammeln (auch ˚na n.); Haufe, Menge, hoher Grad; auch = folg.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

pracaya pracaya m. tas; grande quantité; grand nombre.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.30–3.32: The World as One's Own Śakti 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • SS 3.30 Segment 3

    Attested form: pracayaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

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