# प्रसूति (prasūti)

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प्रसूति (prasūti) is a Sanskrit word meaning instigation, order, or permission, procreation, birth, or bringing forth young, coming forth, appearance, and growth, a production or product, a procreator, father, or mother, a child, offspring, or progeny. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Act of Procreation or Birth, Prasūti, daughter of Manu/Vairāja & wife of Dakṣa, Instigation, Order, or Permission.

- **Root:** 1. सु (1. su)
- **Etymology:** E. प्र before षू to bear, aff. क्तिन् — E. pra before ṣū to bear, aff. ktin
- **SLP1:** `prasUti`  **IAST:** prasūti  **Devanagari:** प्रसूति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasuti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/prasuti/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** प्रसुति (prasuti)

## Meanings by context

### Act of Procreation or Birth (8 definitions)
- procreation, birth, or bringing forth young  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 2. प्र - (pra-) ° सूति (°sūti) f. (for 1. See प्र - (pra-) √ 1. सु (su) ) procreation, generation, bringing forth (children or young), laying (eggs), parturition, birth, Manu-smṛti (Title) iv, 84 ( - तस् (-tas) ), MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=138071 ]
- 1. Bringing forth young. 2. Birth or production. 3. Offspring or children.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्र (pra) सूति (prasūti) [Printed book page 582 ] प्र (pra) सूति (prasūti) f. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1 Bringing forth, (as young.) 2 Birth, production. 3 Offspring, children, a son or daughter. E. प्र (pra) before षू (ṣū) to bear, aff. क्तिन् (ktin). [ ID=26838 ]
- 1. Bringing forth or birth. 2. Offspring. 3. Production.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रसूति (prasūti) [Printed book page 522-a ] प्र - सूति (pra-sūti) ( तिः ) ((tiḥ)) 2. f. Bringing forth; birth; offspring; production. [ ID=26335 ]
- 1. Procreation or generation. 2. Bringing forth or giving birth. 3. Calving or laying eggs. 4. A product or production. 5. A mother. 6. Offspring or progeny. 7. A producer. 8. Birth.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रसूति (prasūti) [Printed book page 483-04 ] प्रसूति (prasūti) f. 1. Procreation, generation; 2. bringing forth, bearing, delivering, R. xiv.66; 3. calving or laying eggs, नवप्रसूति (prasūti) र्वरटा तपस्विनी (navaprasūtirvaraṭā tapasvinī) Na. i.135; 4. a product, production; 5. a mother; 6. offspring, progeny; 7. a producer, a procreator, R. ii.63; 8. birth, generation, R. x.53. [ ID=25050 ]
- 1. Bringing forth young. 2. Birth or production. 3. Offspring or children. 4. A mother. 5. A producer. 6. Calving or laying eggs.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्र (pra) सू (sū) ति (prasūti) [Printed book page 499-a ] प्र (pra) सू (sū) ति (prasūti) f. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1. Bringing forth, (as young.) 2. Birth, production. 3. Offspring, children, a son or daughter. 4. A mother. 5. A producer, a procreator. 6. Calving or laying eggs. E. प्र (pra) before, सू (sū) to bear, aff. क्तिन् (ktin) or क्तिच् । (ktic.) [ ID=27582 ]
- 1. Bringing forth young. 2. Birth or springing up. 3. Offspring.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रसूति (prasūti) [Printed book page 0610-a ] प्रसूति (prasūti) pra-sū + ti, f. 1. Bringing forth (as young). 2. Birth, Man. 4, 84 ( a-rājanya-prasūti + tas, from one who is not born in the Kṣatriya caste); springing up, Daśak. in Chr. 182, 4. 3. Offspring, Man. 9. 6; Vikr. 78, 21; Pañc. 74, 25. [ ID=9930 ]
- 1. Birth, production, or growth. 2. A parent, child, offspring, or grown fruit. 3. Urging, impelling, bidding, or permission.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रसूति (prasūti) [Printed book page 348 ] प्रसूति (prasūti) f. bringing forth, bearing, birth, production, coming forth, growth; f. father or mother, child, offspring, grown fruit; urging, impelling, bidding, permission. [ ID=21089 ]
- 1. Procreating, bearing, or bringing forth. 2. Birth, production, or growth. 3. A mother or procreator. 4. Offspring, children, or progeny.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > प्रसूति (prasūti) [Printed book page 0648-c ] 1. pra-sūti, is, f. procreating, procreation, beget- ting, generating; bringing forth, bearing; calving; laying eggs; birth, production, generation; coming forth, growth (of fruits, flowers, leaves; cf. phala- p° ); a production, product; a procreator, begetter; one who brings forth, a mother; offspring, children, progeny; N. of a daughter of Maru and wife of Dakṣa. —Prasūti-ja, am, n. ‘birth-produced,’ pain or affliction (mental or corporeal) resulting as a ne- cessary consequence of birth. —Prasūti-vāyu, us, m. air generated in the womb during the pangs of travail. [ ID=33188 ]

### Prasūti, daughter of Manu/Vairāja & wife of Dakṣa (3 definitions)
- A daughter of Manu and wife of Daksha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a daughter of Manu and wife of Dakṣa, Pur. [ ID=138076 ]
- A daughter of Svayambhuva Manu who married Daksha and gave birth to multiple daughters.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > प्रसूति (prasūti) [Printed book page 2-431 ] Prasūti (I) — a daughter of Svāyambhuva Manu, married to Dakṣa: gave birth to sixteen (Twenty four Br. P. ) daughters; was afraid of Vīrabhadra and his party in the sacrificial hall of her husband. Bhā. III. 12. 55-56; IV. 1. 1 and 11, 47-48; 5. 9. Br. I. 1. 59; II. 9. 42-7; Vā. 1. 66 and 68; Vi. I. 7. 18-19, 22-27. [ ID=8678 ]
- a daughter of Vairaja who was married to Daksha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Prasūti (III) — a daughter of Vairāja; was given in marriage to Dakṣa; Dakṣa to be conceived as Prāṇa and Page2-432+ 28 Maru as Saṅkalpa; to them were born 24 daughters, all Viśvamātaras. Vā. 10. 17, 22-3; 67. 27-8. [ ID=8680 ]

### Instigation, Order, or Permission (2 definitions)
- instigation, order, or permission  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 698,1] 1. प्र - (pra-) ° सूति (°sūti) ( प्र - (pra-) ), f. (for 2. See below) instigation, order, permission, TS.; TBr.; Kāṭh. [ ID=138032 ]
- 1. Urging forwards, impelling, or commanding. 2. Permission.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0649-a ] 2. pra-sūti, is, f. (for 1. see under 2. pra-su ), urging forwards, impelling, commanding; permission. [ ID=33204 ]

### Emergence, Growth, or Production (act) (1 definition)
- coming forth, appearance, and growth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > coming forth, appearance, growth (of fruit, flowers &c.), Kālid.; Prab. [ ID=138072 ]

### Offspring or Progeny (1 definition)
- A child, offspring, or progeny.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a child, offspring, progeny, Mn.; MBh. and e. [ ID=138075 ]

### Parent or Procreator (1 definition)
- A procreator, father, or mother.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a procreator, father or mother, Hariv.; Var.; Ragh. [ ID=138074 ]

### Prasūti, an elephant (1 definition)
- an elephant daughter of the Dignagas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Prasūti (II) — an elephant daughter of the Dignāgas. Br. III. 7. 354. [ ID=8679 ]

### Prasūti, wife of Vasiṣṭha (1 definition)
- a wife of Vasishtha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 2-432 ] Prasūti (IV) — a wife of Vasiṣṭha. Vi. I. 7. 8. [ ID=8681 ]

### Product or Result (1 definition)
- a production or product  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a production, product (of plants or animals), MBh. [ ID=138073 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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