As a deity name
Name 97 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
प्रसहन · noun · masculine
हिंसक पशु · आलिंगन · सहन । क्षमा । सहनशीलता — Śabdasāgara
प्रसहन · adj
सहनशील — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रसहन" is प्र- + सहन: सहन means "patience", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "प्रसहन" is प्रसह + -न: प्रसह means "पक्षियों का एक भेद । वे पक्षी जो झपाटा मारकर अपना भक्ष्य या शिकार पकड़ते है । शिकारी चिड़िया । जैसे, कौआ, गीध, बाज, उल्लू, चील, नीलकंठ इत्यादि", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a beast of prey
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Dictionary citations
pra-˚sahana m. a beast of prey, L.
pra-˚sahana n. resisting, overcoming, Pāṇ. i, 3, 33 (˚ne√ kṛ, g. sākṣād-ādi, where, Kāś. pra-hasane)
embracing, Kāvyād., Sch.
prasahana m. (-naḥ) A beast or bird of prey. n. (-naṃ) 1 Embracing, an embrace. 2 Defeat. 3 Bearing, enduring. E. pra before saha to bear, aff. lyuṭ.
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