प्राकार

{ prākārḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : परकोटा

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   prākāra m S An enclosure, a fence, a surrounding wall.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  An enclosure, a surrounding wall.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

    see : तट

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रा—कार    a see s.v.

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प्रा कार

प्रा- कार  f.  b m. ( fr. प्रा for प्र and √ 1. कॄ; cf. [Pāṇ. 6-3, 122], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]) a wall, enclosure, fence, rampart ( esp. a surrounding wall elevated on a mound of earth; ifc. f( आ).), [ŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh. &c.]

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प्रा कार

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्राकारः [prākārḥ]   1 A fence, a wall, an enclosure.
   An encircling or surrounding wall, rampart; द्वितीयं हेमप्राकारं कुर्वद्भिरिव वानरैः [R.12.71;] [Pt.1.229.] -Comp.
-धरणी   the platform upon a wall.
-स्थ a.  a. one who is stationed on the rampart; एकः शतं योधयति प्राकारस्थो धनुर्धरः [Ms.7.74.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्राकार  m.  ( -रः) An inclosure, a fence, a rampart, particularly a sur- rounding wall, &c. elevated on a mound of earth.
    E. प्र and आङ् implying initial, first, कृ to make, aff. घञ्; otherwise the prefix [Page501-b+ 60] is considered as प्र only, the vowel being made long by the affix being घञ् .

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प्र आङ् कृ घञ्; प्र घञ् .