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प्रस्रवणी (prasravaNI)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
prasravaṇī (cf. Skt. °ṇa, nt., flowing forth, flux, and acc. to BR spring, well
in LV 〔77.10〕 sarvanadī ca prasravaṇāni ca na vahanti sma, it seems more likely to mean stream), stream, water-course: nadīyo ca °ṇīyo ca Mv 〔i.360.20〕. In Mvy 〔8928〕 sadā-prasravaṇī, a woman who is constantly menstruating (Tib. rtag tu zla mtshan zag pa), may be interpreted as a fem. Bhvr., having a constant flux, to Skt. °ṇa, above.