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prachi

प्राची prācī

A Sanskrit word for the east, from prak (first), meaning the direction where the sun first moves; the foremost, forward direction, and a synonym of purva.

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  • Why do so many temples face east? Temples

    …ans "behind," "the back," "the last." The other common name for east, prachi , comes from prak , "first," and carries the sense of the direction where the sun first moves.

  • Śabda eternal Treatise

    Mīmāṃsā, the school of Vedic interpretation, holds that the bond between a word and its meaning is inborn and unmade, that the Veda has no author at all, and that…

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