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प्रह्रादः (prahrAdaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
प्रह्रा(ह्ला)दः 1 Great joy, pleasure, delight, happiness.
2 Sound.
3 N. of a son of the demon HiraṇyaKaśipu. [According to the PadmaPurāṇa, he was a Brāhmaṇa in his previous existence, and when born as son of Hiraṇya-Kaśipu, he still retained his ardent devotion to Viṣṇu. His father, of course, did not like that his own son should be such a devout worshipper of his mortal enemies, the gods, and with the object of getting rid of him, he subjected him to a variety of cruelties
but Prahlāda, by the favour of Viṣṇu, was quite unscathed, and began to preach with even greater earnestness than before the doctrine that Viṣṇu filled all space and was omni-present, omni-scient, omni-potent. Hiraṇya-Kaśipu in a fit of exasperation asked him “If Viṣṇu is omni-present how do I not see him in the pillar of this hall”? Whereupon Prahlāda struck the pillar with his fist (according to another account, Hiraṇya-Kaśipu himself angrily kicked the pillar to convince his son of the absurdity of his faith), when Viṣṇu came out half-man and half-lion, and tore Hiraṇya-Kaśipu to pieces. Prahlāda succeeded his father, and reigned wisely and righteously.]
Apte Hindi
Hindi
प्रह्रादः
पुं*
 - "प्र + ह्लाद् + घञ्, रलयोरैक्यम्"
"अत्यधिक हर्ष, प्रसन्नता, खुशी, आनन्द"
प्रह्रादः
पुं*
 - "प्र + ह्लाद् + घञ्, रलयोरैक्यम्"
"शब्द, आवाज़"
प्रह्रादः
पुं*
 - "प्र + ह्लाद् + घञ्, रलयोरैक्यम्"
हिरण्यकशिपु राक्षस के पुत्र का नाम
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
प्रह्रादः,
पुं,
 (प्रह्रादते इति । प्र + ह्राद शब्दे +अच् । यद्बा, प्रह्लादयतीति । प्र + ह्लाद +णिच् + अच् । रलयोरैक्यम् ।) प्रह्लादः । सच हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्त्रः परमवैष्णवः । (यथा, हरिवंशे । ३ । ७१ ।“हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्त्राश्चत्वारः प्रथितौजसः ।अनुह्रादश्च ह्रादश्च प्रह्रादश्चैव वीर्य्यवान् ॥
”)तस्य चरित्रादिकं प्रह्लादशब्दे द्रष्टव्यम् ॥
(जनपदविशेषः । यथा, महाभारते । ६ । ९ । ४६ ।“मल्लाः सुदेष्णाः प्रह्रादा माहिषाः शशिका-स्तथा ॥
”)