English Meaning of prasthana

Meaning of 'prasthana'

n (S) Going forth, proceeding, departing. 2 Leaving one's own house to enter upon a journey, and alighting at a neighbor's house, spending there the remainder of that day. 3 Money, rice &c. bound up and given in charge to a neighbor on the day on which, from the auspiciousness of the juncture, it is desirable to set out on the journey we contemplate, yet on which, from' lateness or other circumstance, the then setting out is inconvenient. The departure is thus held to be commenced, and the money, on the actual setting forth, is resumed. 4 fig. Dying. v gundala, atapa, bandha, or prasthana nadivara calane. 5 The being spread or laid out; the being disposed for use--vessels &c. for idol-worship, articles of a shop, materials and implements for writing or working. 6 A course, a method of life, a train of actions through which to attain unto the Deity (as by ṃyoga, according to the Sankhya philosophy, the Vedanta &c.) 7 A term for a personage of high renown and honor (for excellence or eminence of any kind); a prodigy of learning; a puissant hero; a paragon of perfection; a Crichton, a Croesus, a Solomon.

Meaning of प्रस्थान

n (S) Going forth, proceeding, departing. 2 Leaving one's own house to enter upon a journey, and alighting at a neighbor's house, spending there the remainder of that day. 3 Money, rice &c. bound up and given in charge to a neighbor on the day on which, from the auspiciousness of the juncture, it is desirable to set out on the journey we contemplate, yet on which, from' lateness or other circumstance, the then setting out is inconvenient. The departure is thus held to be commenced, and the money, on the actual setting forth, is resumed. 4 fig. Dying. v गुंडाळ, अटप, बांध, or प्रस्थान नदीवर चालणें. 5 The being spread or laid out; the being disposed for use--vessels &c. for idol-worship, articles of a shop, materials and implements for writing or working. 6 A course, a method of life, a train of actions through which to attain unto the Deity (as by योग, according to the Sánkhya philosophy, the Vedánta &c.) 7 A term for a personage of high renown and honor (for excellence or eminence of any kind); a prodigy of learning; a puissant hero; a paragon of perfection; a Crichton, a Crœsus, a Solomon.

---