प्रख्या

{ prakhyā }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   prakhyā f S Fame, celebrity, renown.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  f  Fame, celebrity, renown.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-√ ख्या    a P. -ख्याति, to see, [RV.] ( Subj. -ख्यत्; inf. -ख्यै॑), [ŚBr.] ( ind.p. -ख्याय);

to announce, proclaim, extol, [BhP.] ( Impv. -ख्याहि) :

Pass. -ख्यायते, to be seen or known;

to be visible or public or acknowledged or celebrated, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.:

Caus. -ख्यापयति, to make generally known, proclaim, announce, publish, [Mālatīm.]; [Rājat.]

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प्र √ ख्या

प्र-°ख्या  f.  b f. look, appearance (only ifc. = resembling, like), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

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प्र °ख्या

   brightness, splendour (only ifc.), [R.]
   perceptibility, visibility, [Jaim.]
   making manifest, disclosure, [Daśar.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रख्या [prakhyā]   2 [P.]
   To report, announce, declare.
   To praise, celebrate. -Pass. To be well-known or celebrated, be famous. -Caus. To celebrate, proclaim, announce, declare publicly, publish.
प्रख्या [prakhyā]   1 Perceptibility, visibility.
   Renown, fame, celebrity; न्यवसत् परमप्रख्यः संप्रत्येव पुरीमिमाम् [Rām.]
   Disclosure.
   Resemblance, similitude (in comp.); तस्या- स्तदद्भुतप्रख्यं श्रुत्वा हर्षमुपागतः [Rām.7.89.7.] फेनप्रख्यः कथं नाशं मर्त्यलोको न यास्यति [Y.3.1;] प्रज्ञाचक्षुरवेक्षमाणतिमिरप्रख्याः किलाकीर्तयः [N.12.16.]
   Look, appearance.
   Brightness, splendour; शशाङ्ककिरणप्रख्यं कालवालमुभे तदा [Mb. 1.23.2;] अद्य चामीकरप्रख्यं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् [Mb.3.73.11.]