prachi
प्राची prācīA 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.
Where this term appears
- 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…