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प्रहेणक (praheNaka)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
प्रहेणक
n.
 (-कं) Victuals or sweetmeats, &c. distributed at festivals.
Yates
English
प्र-हेणक (कं) 1.
n.
 Victuals or sweet-
meats, &c. distributed at festivals.
Wilson
English
प्रहेणक
n.
 (-कं) Victuals or sweetmeats, &c. distributed at
festivals.
Apte
English
प्रहेणकम् [prahēṇakam], 1 A kind of pastry (पिष्टक).
Sweetmeats distributed at festivals.
Apte 1890
English
प्रहेणकं 1 A kind of pastry (पिष्टक).
2 Sweetmeats distributed at festivals.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
प्र-हेणक
n.
 a kind of pastry,
Divyāv.
 (cf. प्र-हेलक).
Monier Williams 1872
English
प्रहेणक प्र-हेणक, अम्, n. a kind of
pastry
victuals or sweetmeats distributed at festivals
[cf. प्र-हेलक।]
L R Vaidya
English
praheRaka {% n. %} A kind of cake.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
praheṇaka, nt. (= Skt. Lex. id., also prahelaka, prob. by error
Pali paheṇaka, also °hiṇ°, see Childers
AMg. paheṇa, Pkt. also °ṇaga, °ṇaya, sending of estables to the relatives, a present of food, Ratnach., and so Sheth, bhojopanāyan, khādya vastu kī bheṃṭ
in Pali, e.g. AN 〔iii.76.13〕, usually a gift of food
in Jāt. 〔vi.369.9〕 cūḷāmaṇiṃ paheṇakatthāya pahiṇi, the gift was a jewel, which to be sure was concealed in a vessel containing takka, dates? at any rate, food
note the verb pahiṇi, which points to connexion with Skt. pra-hinoti), a present, in BHS, at least, only of delicacies to be eaten: Divy 〔13.26〕 (mama [Page390-b] jñātayaḥ) °ṇakāni preṣayanti, and in ff. lines
maṇḍīlakāḥ praheṇakam anupreṣitam Divy 〔258.19〕.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
प्रहेणकं,
क्ली,
 (प्रहेलकम् । पृषोदरादित्वात् लस्यणः ।) पिष्टकविशेषः । तत्पर्य्यायः । वाचनम् २व्रतोपायनम् ३ । इति त्रिकाण्डशेषः ॥
प्रहे-लकम् ४ वाचनकम् ५ । इति हारावली । १५२ ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
प्रहेण(ल)क
न०
 पिष्टकभेदे हारा० ।
Burnouf
French
प्रहेणक प्रहेणक et प्रहेलक (हिल्) aliments
et gàteaux distribués dans les jours de fête.