प्राच्य

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

PRĀCYA   A place of habitation of Purāṇic fame. [Śloka 58, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : प्राचीन, पूर्वी

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   prācya a S Relating to the eastern quarter.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 a   Relating to the eastern quarter.

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : प्राचीन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्राच्य    a See p. 705, col. 1.
प्राच्य  mfn.  b or प्राच्य॑, mf( आ)n. being in front or in the east, living in the east, belonging to the east, eastern, easterly, [AV.]; [RPrāt.] Sch.; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
आधुनिक   preceding (also in a work), prior, ancient, old ( opp. to ), [Bālar.]; [Sāh.]
    N. of partic. hymns belonging to the साम-वेद, [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
प्राच्य  m.  m. N. of a man, [Buddh.]
   ( pl.) the inhabitants of the east, the eastern country, [Br.]; KātyŚr.; [MBh.] &c.
   the ancients, [ŚārṅgP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्राच्य [prācya] a.  a. [प्राचि भवः यत्]
   Being or situated in front.
   Being or living in the east, eastern, easterly.
   Prior, preceding, previous.
   Ancient, old.
-च्याः   (pl.)
   'The eastern country', the country south or east of the river Sarasvatī.
   The people of this country. -Comp.
-पदवृत्तिः   a term applied to the rule according to which ए remains in particular cases unchanged before अ
-भाषा   the eastern dialect, language spoken in the east of India.
-वृत्तिः   a kind of metre.

Shabda-Sagara

प्राच्य  mfn.  ( -च्यः-च्या-च्यं) Eastern, easterly.
  m.  ( -च्यः) The eastern country, the country south or east of the SARASWATĪ, which flows from the north-east to the south-west.
    E. प्राच् the east, aff. यत्.

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प्राच् यत्