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प्रणिधि

   { praṇidhiḥ, praṇidhi }
Script: Devanagari

प्रणिधि

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
PRAṆIDHI   son of an agni called Pāñcajanya. [Śloka 9, Chapter 220, Vana Parva] .

प्रणिधि

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
प्र-°णिधि  m. m. watching, observing, spying, [MBh.]
ROOTS:
प्र °णिधि
   sending out (spies or emissaries), [R.]
°धी-√ भू   a spy, secret agent, emissary, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. (, to become a spy, [Pañcat.] )
ROOTS:
°धी भू
   an attendant, follower, [L.]
   care, attention, [L.]
   asking, solicitation, request, [SaddhP.]
   prayer, [Divyâv.]
   N. of a son of बृहद्-रथ, [MBh.]

प्रणिधि

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
प्रणिधिः [praṇidhiḥ]   1 Observing, spying out.
   sending out spies.
   A spy, an emissary; अध्यापितस्योशनसापि नीतिं प्रयुक्तरागप्रणिधिद्विषस्ते [Ku.3.6;] [R.17.48;] [Ms.7.153;] 8.182.
   An attendant, a follower.
   care, attention.
   solicitation, entreaty, request; 'प्रणिधिः प्रार्थने चरे' Yādava.
   A method of driving an elephant; [Mātaṅga L.12.6.8.] (there are three kinds of प्रणिधिs: by speech, feet and look.)

प्रणिधि

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
प्रणिधि  m.  (-धिः)
   1. A spy, a secret agent or emissary.
   2. asking, solici- tation or request.
   3. care, attention.
   4. A follower.
   E. प्र and नि before, धा to have, aff. कि .
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