Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

prakriyā प्रक्रिया – procedure; method; process

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

procedure; method; process

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

prakriyā ·f. bringing forth, producing; proceeding, way, manner; ceremony; privilege, superiority, high rank and its insignia; chapter, section.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Pra-kriyā, f. conduct, manner, way; a ceremony, rite, observance; elevation, exaltation; a privilege, prerogative, advantage over others, precedence, high position; the bearing of royal insignia; insignia (of rank); a chapter, section; an introductory section of a work; producing, production; (in grammar) etymological formation, formation of a word with the root, affix, &c.; rules for the formation and inflection of words.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

prakriyā (von 1. kar mit pra) f. 1〉 Verfahren, Art, Weise; = prakāra H. an. 3,496. prakriyeyaṃ na te yuktā MBH. 14,2304. MBH. 14,2308. vedoktena pramāṇena pitṝṇāṃ prakriyāsu ca MBH. 13,5645. prakṛtitaḥ sṛṣṭiprakriyābhidhāsyate vistareṇa dvitīye 'dhyāye Verz. d. B. H. No. 636. — 2〉 Cerimonie: tena naṣṭeṣu deveṣu prakriyāsu makheṣu ca HARIV. 2306. tanayāvivāhaprakriyāṃ vyadhāt KATHĀS. 44,75. KATHĀS. 44,95. — 3〉 Erhöhung; Vorrecht, Prärogative, ein Vorzug, den man vor Andern voraus hat, Vorrang, hohe Stellung; = adhikāra AK. 2,8,1,31. H. 744. H. an. nocchritaṃ sahate kaścitprakriyā vairakārikā MBH. 12,4141. akasmātprakriyā nṝṇāmakasmāccāpakarṣaṇam ohne Grund Menschen zu erhöhen und zu erniedrigen MBH. 12,4170. sa vai sarvaṃ sahate prakriyāsu bei seinem Prae MBH. 2,2036. dṛṣṭakarmā samastāstu nistuṣāḥ (enthülst so v. a. von fremder Einmischung befreit) prakriyā vyadhāt RĀJA-TAR. 2,118. nirmatsaro 'vantivarmā sodarebhyo 'napāyinīm . śūrāya ca sa putrāya nṛpatiḥ prakriyāṃ dadau .. RĀJA-TAR. 5,42. khilībhūtāḥ pūrvarājavyavasthā pratibhābalāt . unnītavānsa sukaviḥ prākkaviprakriyā iva .. RĀJA-TAR. 6,6. vaidyaṃ taruṇacandraṃ tu prakriyārthamamānayat . na tu tasminviśaśvāsa KATHĀS. 40,75. tatrāmīlo dadau tasmai sūtāṃ sūryaprabhāya tām . kalāvatīṃ prakriyayā dattātmānamapi svayam .. KATHĀS. 45,323. dhārāyantraṃ jalasaṃcāraṇārthakṛtayantraṃ prakriyāviśeṣaḥ wohl eine Art Vorrecht grosser Herren Schol. II zu PRAB. 79, Śl. 27. bibhradvibhuprakriyām Insignien GĪT. 12,27. śvānaḥ śvabhre vane tasmiṃstasya vartmasu vāgurāḥ . sā svāyudhaikasiddhe 'bhūtprakriyā mṛgayārase .. KATHĀS. 21,16. — 4〉 Hauptstück, Kapitel VYUTP. 43. smṛteśca karmavipākaprakriyāyām ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 147. saṃjñā˚, kāraka˚, samāsa˚, taddhita˚ u. s. w. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 171, a. b. sārasvatī pra˚ Titel einer Grammatik ebend. No. 381. ˚pāda Titel des 1ten Kapitels im VĀYU-P. ebend. 50,a,27. — 5〉 das Erzeugen, Bewirken (utpādana) H. an. — Vgl. adhikāra, prakāra, prakaraṇa.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prakriyā 5〉 Hervorbringung: anādinidhanaṃ brahma — prakriyā jagato yataḥ SARVADARŚANAS. 140,4.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

prakriyā f. — 1〉 Hervorbringung. — 2〉 Verfahren, Art, Weise. — 3〉 Ceremonie. — 4〉 Formalität RĀJAT. 8,1236. — 5〉 Vorrecht, Prärogative, ein Vorzug, den man vor andern voraus hat, Vorrang (RĀJAT. 7,1477), hohe Stellung. — 6〉 die Insignien eines hohen Ranges RĀJAT. 7,935. — 7〉 Charakteristik, Charakterisirung NYĀYAS. 5,1,16. — 8〉 Hauptstück, Kapitel. — 9〉 Recept BHĀVAPR. 3,32.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

prakriyā 1 Way, manner, conduct. 2 A rite, ceremony. 3 The bearing of royal insignia. 4 High position, elevation. 5 A chapter or section (of a book); as in uṇādiprakriyā. 6 (In gram.) Etymological formation. 7 A privilege. 8 An introductory chapter of a work. 9 Rules for the formation of words.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

prakriyā f. das Hervorbringen, Verfahren, Art und Weise, Ceremonie; Vorrecht, Vorrang; Abschnitt, Kapitel.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

prakriyā prakriyā f. (kṛ) action de porter les insignes de la royauté.

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VBT 57–64: Intervals and Equality 1 occurrence

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VBT 139–145: Fruit of the Ways 1 occurrence

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