प्रस्तार

{ prastārḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

Spreading or spread state. 2 In arithmetic. Combination.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-स्तार  f.  m. ( ifc. f( आ).) strewing, spreading out, extension (also fig. = abundance, high degree), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]

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प्र स्तार

a litter, bed of straw, [Hariv.]
a layer, [Śulbas.]
a flight of steps (leading down to water), [MBh.]
°स्तर   a flat surface, plain, [Hariv.] ( v.l.)
a jungle or wood overgrown with grass, [L.]
a process in preparing minerals, [Cat.]
a representation or enumeration of all the possible combinations of certain given numbers or of short and long syllables in a metre, [Col.]
(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]
प्रस्ताव    N. of a prince (son of उद्गीथ), [VP.] ( prob. w.r. for )

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रस्तारः [prastārḥ]   1 Strewing, spreading out, covering with.
A bed of leaves and flowers.
A bed or couch in general.
A flat surface, level, plain.
A thicket, wood.
(In prosody) A tabular representation of the long and short vowels of a metre with all possible varieties.
A process in preparing minerals.
A flight of steps (leading down to water; Mar. घाट); मणिप्रवालप्रस्तारम् [Mb.3.145.5.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्रस्तार  m.  ( -रः)
1. A jungle, a thicket or wood, overgrown with grass.
2. Covering, spreading.
3. A bed made with blossoms, leaves, &c. [Page499-b+ 60] 4. Any bed or couch.
5. A flat surface, a plain.
6. Representation of the long and short vowels of a metre and its possible varie- ties, (in prosody.)
E. प्र before, स्तृ to spread, aff. घञ् .

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प्र स्तृ घञ् .