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प्रौ (prau)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
प्रौ(प्रो)ढ
mfn.
 (-ढः-ढा-ढं)
1. Full-grown.
2. Confident, bold, arrogant.
3.
Impudent.
4. Full-grown, (as the moon. )
5. Thick, heavy, (darkness,
&c.)
6. Forward, (as the hand to seize any thing.)
7. Raised, lifted
up.
8. Controverted.
9. Old.
10. Married.
f.
 (-ढा)
1. A woman from
thirty years of age to fifty-five.
2. A description of the Nāyikā
or mistress, a woman whose feelings are violent or impetuous, or
one who is not in any awe of her lover or husband.
E.
 प्र before,
वह to bear,
aff.
 क्त ।
प्रौ(प्रो)ढपाद
m.
 (-दः) One who sits with his feet upon a seat.
E.
 प्रौढ raised
and पाद the foot.
प्रौ(प्रो)ढि
f.
 (-ढिः)
1. Enterprise, zeal, confident or audacious exertion.
2. Investigation, controversy, discussion.
E.
 प्र before, वह् to bear,
aff.
 क्तिन्.
Apte
English
प्रौ [prau] प्रो [prō] ढिः [ḍhiḥ], (प्रो) ढिः
f.
Full growth or development, maturity, perfection
एवं वीक्ष्य तवाविवेकमपि च प्रौढिं परामुन्नतेः Jagannātha.
Growth, increase.
Greatness, grandeur, elevation, dignity
प्रौढिप्रकर्षेण पुराणरीतिव्यतिक्रमः श्लाघ्यतमः पदानाम् Vikr.1.15.
Boldness, audacity
प्रासपाशधनुर्बाणधारिणः प्रौढिकारिणः Śiva. B.26.3.
Pride, arrogance, self-confidence.
Controversy, discussion.
Zeal, exertion, enterprize.
Earnestness, profundity (of character)
हास्यप्रौढिमजानन्त्याः करुणः सो$न्व- कम्पत
Bhāg.*
 1.6.25.
Comp.
 वादः a grandiloquent or pompous speech.
a bold assertion.