As a deity name
Name 319 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
प्रथित · adj
प्रख्यात । मशहूर · परंपरागत । रीति के अनुकूल · प्रचलित — Śabdasāgara
प्रथित · noun · masculine
पुणानुसार स्वारोचिष मनु कै पुत्र का नाम · विष्णु (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
प्रथित · prathit · part.
Made known, published, openly announced, declared; disclosed, shown, manifested; famed, famous, celebrated, renowned, notorious — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 242
Cited formation "प्रथित" is प्र- + थित: थित means "ठहरा हुआ", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
spread, extended, increased
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Dictionary citations
prathita mfn. spread, extended, increased
divulged, displayed, published, known, celebrated, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
cast, thrown, W.
intent upon, engaged in ib.
prathita m. N. of Manu Svārociṣa, Hariv.
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