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प्राग्देश (prAgdeza)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
प्राग्—देश
m.
 the eastern country, country of the eastern people,
Pāṇ.
 i, 1, 75, Sch. (°शं, w. 1. for -दिशः [see prec. ]
Hariv.
 444).
Apte Hindi
Hindi
प्राग्देशः
पुं*
 प्राच्-देशः -
पूर्वदिशा का देश
L R Vaidya
English
prAc-deSa {% n. %} the eastern country.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
प्राग्देश districts of the east especially districts to the east of Ayodhya and Pataliputra, such as Maga- dha, Vanga and others
nothing can definitely be said as to which districts were called Eastern by Panini and his followers Katya- yana and Patanjali. A Varttika given in the Kasika but not traceable in the Mahabhasya defines Pragdesa as districts situat- ed to the east of शरावती (probably the modern river Ravi or a river near that river ): cf. प्रागुदञ्चौ विभजते हंसः क्षीरोदके यथा । विदुषां शब्द- सिद्धथ्यर्थं सा नः पातु शरावती ॥ Kas. on एङ् प्राचां देशे P. I. 1.75. There is a reading सरस्वती in some manus- ' cript copies and सरस्वती is a well- known river in the Punjab near Kuruksetra, which disappears in the sandy desert to the south: a reading इरावती is also found and इरावती may stand for the river Ravi. शरावती in Burma is simply out of consideration. For details see Vyakarana Mahabhasya Vol. VII. pp. 202-204 and 141-142 D. E. Society's Edition.