pramā प्रमा pra-√ mā Ā. -mimīte (Ved. inf. pra-mé; Pass. -mīyate), to measure, mete out, estimate, [AV.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.]; to form, create, make ready, arrange, [RV.]; [MBh.]; to form a correct notion of (acc.), understand, know, [MaitrUp.]; [Hariv.]; [Hit.] : Caus. -māpayati, to cause correct knowledge, afford proof or authority, [MW.] pra-mā́ f. basis, foundation, [AV.] measure, scale, [RV.] right measure, true knowledge, correct notion, [Prab.]; [Kap.]; [Tarkas.]; [IW. 59] &c. a kind of metre, [RPrāt.] pramāṇī प्रमाणी (ī), f. (cf. n.) N. of a metre, [Col.] in comp. for °ṇa. pramāṇa प्रमाण n. (ifc. f(A). ) measure, scale, standard measure of any kind (as size, extent, circumference, length, distance, weight, multitude, quantity, duration), [KātyŚr.]; [KaṭhUp.]; [Mn.] &c. (instr. ‘on an average’, [Jyot.]) prosodical length (of a vowel), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 50], Sch. measure in music, [MBh.] ([Nīlak.]) accordance of the movements in dancing with music and song, [Saṃgīt.] measure of physical strength, [Śak.] (cf. comp. below) the first term in a rule of three sum, [Col.] the measure of a square i.e. a side of it, [Śulbas.] principal, capital (opp. to interest), [Col.] right measure, standard, authority, [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (pramāṇam bhavatī, ‘your ladyship is the authority or must judge’, [Nal.]; in this sense also m. and f. sg. and pl., e.g. vedāḥ pramāṇāḥ, ‘the Vedas are authorities’, [MBh.]; strī pramāṇī yeṣām, ‘they whose authority is a woman’, [Pāṇ.], Sch.) a means of acquiring Pramā or certain knowledge (6 in the Vedānta, viz. pratyakṣa, perception by the senses; anumāna, inference; upamāna, analogy or comparison; śabda or āpta-vacana, verbal authority, revelation; an-upalabdhi or abhāva-pratyakṣa, non-perception or negative proof; arthāpatti, inference from circumstances; the Nyāya admits only 4, excluding the last two; the Sāṃkhya only 3, viz. pratyakṣa, anumāna and śabda; other schools increase the number to 9 by adding sambhava, equivalence; aitihya, tradition or fallible testimony; and ceṣṭā, gesture, [IW. 60] &c. &c.) any proof or testimony or evidence, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. a correct notion, right perception (= pramā), [Tarkas.] oneness, unity, [L.] = nitya, [L.] m. (cf. n.) N. of a large fig-tree on the bank of the Ganges, [MBh.] pramātha प्रमाथ pra-mātha m. stirring about, racking, paining, tormenting, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] rape (cf. draupadī-pr°) subjugation, destruction (of enemies), [Uttarar.] N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] of one of the attendants of Skanda, [ib.] of a Dānava, [Kathās.] pl. N. of a class of fiends attending on Śiva, [Hariv.] (cf. pramatha). pra-mātha &c. See pra-√ math. pramāda प्रमाद pra-mā́da m. intoxication, [RV.]; [MBh.] madness, insanity, [L.] negligence, carelessness about (abl. or comp.), [Kauś.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. an error, mistake, [W.] a partic. high number, [L.] pra-mā́da &c. See pra-√ mad. pramāra प्रमार pra-mārá See pra-√ mṛ. pra-°mārá m. dying, [AV.] pramātṛ प्रमातृ pra-mātṛ mfn. (for 2. See col. 2) one who has a correct notion or idea, authority, performer of (the mental operation resulting in a) true conception, [Kap.], Sch.; [Vedāntas.]; [Sarvad.] (-tā f., [Sarvad.]; -tva n., [Śaṃk.]) a partic. class of officials, [Inscr.] pra-mātṛ f. (for 1. See col. 1) the mother's mother, [VP.] pramāyu प्रमायु pra-māyu ([ṢaḍvBr.]) or pra-°mā́yuka ([TS.]; [Br.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]), mfn. liable to destruction, perishable, dying away. pramāthin प्रमाथिन् pra-°māthin mfn. stirring about, tearing, rending, troubling, harassing, destroying, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. striking off, used for striking off, [MBh.] (in med.) throwing out i.e. producing secretion of the vessels, [Car.]; [Bhpr.] pra-°māthin m. N. of the 13th (47th) year of a 60 years' cycle of Jupiter, [Var.] (also w.r. for pra-mādin) of a Rākṣasa, [MBh.] of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [ib.] of a monkey, [R.] pramādin प्रमादिन् pra-°mādin mfn. negligent, careless, incautious, indifferent, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. drunken, intoxicated, [W.] insane, [ib.] (-tā f., [Jātakam.]) pra-°mādin n. N. of the 47th (21st) year of a 60 years' cycle of Jupiter, [L.] (cf. pra-nāthin). pramāpin प्रमापिन् pra-°māpin mfn. destroying, killing, [W.] pramātra प्रमात्र pra-mātra m. or n. (?) a partic. high number, [Buddh.] pramātva प्रमात्व pra-mā—tva n. accuracy of perception, [Bhāṣāp.] pramāṇaka प्रमाणक mfn. (ifc.) = pramāṇa, measure, quantity, extent, [MBh.] argument, proof, [Kull.] pramāṇatā प्रमाणता pramāṇa—tā f. pramāṇaya प्रमाणय Nom. P. °yati, to regard or set up a person (acc.) as an authority in (loc.), [Hit.]; to use as evidence, [Sarvad.] pramāṇikā प्रमाणिका f. (ikā) a kind of metre, [Chandom.] pramāṇita प्रमाणित pra°māṇita mfn. adjusted, [Car.] proved, demonstrated, shown clearly, [Rājat.] pramāthinī प्रमाथिनी pra-°māthinī f. N. of an Apsaras, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] pramāthita प्रमाथित pra-°māthita mfn. (fr. Caus.) roughly handled, violated, ravished, forcibly carried off, [MBh.] pramādikā प्रमादिका pra-°mādikā f. a deflowered girl, [L.] an imprudent or careless woman, [W.] pramāditā प्रमादिता pra-°mā°di—tā f., [Jātakam.] pramādita प्रमादित pra-°mādita mfn. (fr. Caus.) trifled away, forfeited, lost, [R.] pramāpaṇa प्रमापण pra-°māpaṇa n. (for 2. see col. 2) form, shape, [MBh.] pra-māpaṇa See pra-√ mā. pra-māpaṇa &c. See pra-√ mī. pra-māpaṇa mf(I)n. (fr. Caus.; for 1. See col. 1) murdering, a murderer, [Yājñ.] pra-māpaṇa n. (also °māpana, [L.]) slaughter, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. pramāpaka प्रमापक pra-°māpaka mfn. proving, [Sarvad.] pra-°māpaka m. an authority, [MW.] pramāpita प्रमापित pra-°māpita mfn. destroyed, killed, slain, [Rājat.] pramātṛtā प्रमातृता pra-mātṛ—tā f., [Sarvad.] pramāyuka प्रमायुक pra-māyu ([ṢaḍvBr.]) or pra-°mā́yuka ([TS.]; [Br.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]), mfn. liable to destruction, perishable, dying away. pramāṇajña प्रमाणज्ञ pramāṇa—jña mfn. knowing the modes of proof, [A.] pramāṇa—jña m. N. of Śiva, [Śivag.] pramāṇastha प्रमाणस्थ pramāṇa—stha mfn. of normal size, [Hcat.] being in a normal state or condition, imperturbed, [Hariv.] pramāṇatas प्रमाणतस् pramāṇa—tas ind. according to measure or weight, [Mn. viii, 137] according to proof or authority, [W.] pramāṇatva प्रमाणत्व pramāṇa—tva n. authority, warranty, [MBh.] (the latter also ‘correctness’, [Nīlak.]) pramāṇavat प्रमाणवत् pramāṇa—vat mfn. established by proofs, well-founded, [Prab.] pramādavat प्रमादवत् pra-māda—vat mfn. = °mādin, [L.] pramārjaka प्रमार्जक pra-mārjaka &c. See pra-√ mṛj. pra-°mārjaka mfn. wiping off, causing to disappear, removing, [MBh.] pramārjana प्रमार्जन pra-°mārjana n. the act of rubbing off, wiping off, [Suśr.] (aśru-p°, the wiping away or drying of tears, consoling, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]; [Kām.]; weeping, [MBh.]) causing to disappear, removing, [Kāvyād.] pramātavya प्रमातव्य pra-mātavya See pra-√ mī below. pra-mātavya mfn. to be slain, [MBh.] pramātṛtva प्रमातृत्व pra-mātṛ—tva n., [Śaṃk.] pramāṇābhāva प्रमाणाभाव m. absence of proof, want of authority, [W.] pramāṇādhika प्रमाणाधिक mfn. being beyond measure, excessive, unnaturally strong, [Śak.] longer than (comp.), [Mṛcch.] pramāṇībhūta प्रमाणीभूत pramāṇī—bhūta mfn. become or regarded as an authority or proof, [W.] pramāṇīkṛta प्रमाणीकृत pramāṇī—kṛta mfn. meted out for or apportioned to (gen.) regarded as authority, conformed to, [Kālid.]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat.] regarded as evidence, [R.] pramāṇabhūta प्रमाणभूत pramāṇa—bhūta m. ‘authoritative’, N. of Śiva, [Śivag.] (cf. -jña). pramāṇajāla प्रमाणजाल pramāṇa—jāla n. N. of wk. pramāṇakoṭi प्रमाणकोटि pramāṇa—koṭi f. the point in an argument which is regarded as actual proof, [Sarvad.] pramāṇamālā प्रमाणमाला pramāṇa—mālā f. N. of wk. pramāṇapatha प्रमाणपथ pramāṇa—patha m. the way of proof (acc. with na and ava-√ tṝ, ‘not to admit of proof’), [Sarvad.] pramāṇarāśi प्रमाणराशि pramāṇa—rāśi m. the quantity of the first term in a rule of three sum, [Āryabh.] pramāṇasāra प्रमाणसार pramāṇa—sāra m. (and °ra-prakāśikā f.) N. of wk. pramāṇatara प्रमाणतर pramāṇa—tara n. a greater authority than (abl. ; -tva n.), [L.] pramāṇaṭīkā प्रमाणटीका pramāṇa—ṭīkā f. N. of wk. pramādapāṭha प्रमादपाठ pra-māda—pāṭha m. a wrong reading, [Śaṃk.] pramāpayitṛ प्रमापयितृ pra-°māpayitṛ mfn. causing to perish pramātāmahī प्रमातामही pra-mātāmahī f. a maternal great-grandmother, [W.] pramātāmaha प्रमातामह pra-mātāmaha m. a maternal great-grandfather, [GobhŚrāddh.]; [AgP.] (v.l. °mātṛ-kāmaha) pramāṇādarśa प्रमाणादर्श m. N. of a drama. pramāṇāntara प्रमाणान्तर n. another means of proof (-tā f.), [Bhāṣāp.] pramāṇabhakti प्रमाणभक्ति pramāṇa—bhakti f. N. of wk. pramāṇadṛṣṭa प्रमाणदृष्ट pramāṇa—dṛṣṭa mfn. sanctioned by authority, [Kap.] demonstrable, [Ml.] pramāṇasūtra प्रमाणसूत्र pramāṇa—sūtra n. a measuring cord, [Mṛcch.] pramāṇasiddhi प्रमाणसिद्धि pramāṇa—siddhi m. N. of a man, [Kathās.] pramāṇavākya प्रमाणवाक्य pramāṇa—vākya n. authoritative statement authority, [Madhus.] pramāṇayukta प्रमाणयुक्त pramāṇa—yukta mfn. having the right measure, [Var.] pramādacārin प्रमादचारिन् pra-māda—cārin mfn. acting in a careless manner, [Kāraṇḍ.] pramāṇānurūpa प्रमाणानुरूप mfn. corresponding to (a person's) physical strength, [Śak.] pramāṇīkaraṇa प्रमाणीकरण pramāṇī—karaṇa n. setting up or quoting as an authority, [Pat.] pramāṇaśāstra प्रमाणशास्त्र pramāṇa—śāstra n. any wk. of sacred authority, scripture, [MW.] pramāṇakuśala प्रमाणकुशल pramāṇa—kuśala mfn. skilful in arguing, [Kap.] pramāṇapattra प्रमाणपत्त्र pramāṇa—pattra n. a written warrant, [MW.] pramāṇapuruṣa प्रमाणपुरुष pramāṇa—puruṣa m. an umpire, arbitrator, judge, [Hit.] pramāṇatattva प्रमाणतत्त्व pramāṇa—tattva n. N. of wk. pramātvacihna प्रमात्वचिह्न pra-mā—tva-cihna n. N. of wk. pramāṇābhyadhika प्रमाणाभ्यधिक mfn. exceeding in size, bigger, [Pañcat.] pramāṇāntaratā प्रमाणान्तरता pramāṇāntara—tā f. pramāṇāyāmatas प्रमाणायामतस् pramāṇāyāma-tas ind. according to size and length, [MBh.] pramāṇakhaṇḍana प्रमाणखण्डन pramāṇa—khaṇḍana n. N. of wk. pramāṇadarpaṇa प्रमाणदर्पण pramāṇa—darpaṇa m. N. of wk. pramāṇalakṣaṇa प्रमाणलक्षण pramāṇa—lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk. pramāṇamañjarī प्रमाणमञ्जरी pramāṇa—mañjarī f. N. of wk. pramāṇanirṇaya प्रमाणनिर्णय pramāṇa—nirṇaya m. N. of wk. pramāṇapadārtha प्रमाणपदार्थ pramāṇa—padārtha m. N. of wk. pramāṇapaddhati प्रमाणपद्धति pramāṇa—paddhati f. = -patha (°tiṃ na adhy-√ ās = °thaṃ na ava-√ tṝ), [Sarvad.] N. of wk. pramāṇapallava प्रमाणपल्लव pramāṇa—pallava m. n. N. of wk. pramāṇapramoda प्रमाणप्रमोद pramāṇa—pramoda m. N. of wk. pramāṇapravīṇa प्रमाणप्रवीण pramāṇa—pravīṇa mfn. skilful in arguing, [Prasannar.] pramāṇataratva प्रमाणतरत्व pramāṇa—tara—tva n. pramāpayitṛtva प्रमापयितृत्व pra-°māpayitṛ—tva n. destructiveness, murderousness, [Śaṃk.] on [ChUp.] pramāṇanāmamālā प्रमाणनाममाला pramāṇa—nāma-mālā f. N. of wk. pramāṇapārāyaṇa प्रमाणपारायण pramāṇa—pārāyaṇa n. N. of wk. pramāṇasaṃgraha प्रमाणसंग्रह pramāṇa—saṃgraha m. N. of wk. pramāṇavārttika प्रमाणवार्त्तिक pramāṇa—vārttika n. N. of wk. pramāṇabhāṣyaṭīkā प्रमाणभाष्यटीका pramāṇa—bhāṣya-ṭīkā f. N. of wk. pramāṇaratnamālā प्रमाणरत्नमाला pramāṇa—ratna-mālā f. N. of wk. pramāṇasamuccaya प्रमाणसमुच्चय pramāṇa—samuccaya m. N. of wk. pramāṇaviniścaya प्रमाणविनिश्चय pramāṇa—viniścaya m. N. of wk. pramāṇādinirūpaṇa प्रमाणादिनिरूपण pramāṇādi-nirūpaṇa n. N. of wk. pramāṇādiprakāśikā प्रमाणादिप्रकाशिका pramāṇādi-prakāśikā f. N. of wk. pramāṇasāraprakāśikā प्रमाणसारप्रकाशिका pramāṇa—sāra-prakāśikā f. N. of wk. pramāṇa—sāra—prakāśikā f. N. of wk. pramāṇalakṣaṇaparīkṣā प्रमाणलक्षणपरीक्षा pramāṇa—lakṣaṇa-parīkṣā f. N. of wk.