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pradhāna ~ pradāna ~ prathṭhāna ~ braḥ dhāna ~ braḥ dhāṇa ~ braḥ thāna /prədhaːn/ MK1739     [Angkorian pradhāna; mod.Khmer ប្រធាន pradhān /prɑthiːən/]. definitions 1 n. Chief, head, leader, master; personage of note; witness.1 2 v.st. To be highest, supreme, most important. references braḥ thāna: IMA 16a:7 (A.D. 1631, BEFEO, LIX: 221); braḥ dhāṇa: IMA 16b:21-2 (A.D. 1632, BEFEO, LIX: 221); braḥ dhāna: IMA 8:28 (A.D. 1626, BEFEO, LIX: 101); IMA 15:8 (A.D. 1632, BEFEO, LIX: 221); IMA 16b:5 (A.D. 1632, BEFEO, LIX: 221); IMA 22:7 (A.D. 1636, BEFEO, LX: 163); prathṭhāna: IMA 18:16 (A.D. 1633, BEFEO, LX: 163); pradāna: K.27:17 (A.D. 1586, BEFEO, LXVII: 125); pradhāna: IMA 2:6 (A.D. 1577, BEFEO, LVII: 103); IMA 3A:43, 47 (A.D. 1579, BEFEO, LVII: 106); IMA 9:32 (A.D. 1627, BEFEO, LIX: 101); IMA 17:11 (A.D. 1632, BEFEO, LX: 163); IMA 38:111 (A.D. 1704, BEFEO, LXII: 283); IMA 39:6 (A.D. 1747, BEFEO, LXI: 301). citations ... ta jā bvuṃnaka treya trāṇa pradhāna ... (IMA 2: 6), `... which are the supreme refuge [and] sheltering sanctuary ...'. ... bvuṃnâkka braḥ mahāśrīratnatrai paramapabitra jā pradhāna nai braḥ ʼaṅga ... (IMA 3A: 42-3), `... who would take refuge in the holy Great Three Gems [and] the Paramapavitra who is the most important of the Sacred Body, ...'. ... jā pradhāna thlai nai ... (IMA 39: 6), `... serving as indispensable witnesses for ...'. notes 1 Cf. BEFEO, LXI: 321, note 8.
pradhāna /prəˈdhaːn/ A2310     †[Mod. Khmer ប្រធាន pradhān ``n. chairman, leader, president (of an organization); the essential, that which is most important; subject (of a sentence), topic (of a conversation); adj. to be supreme, highest, most important''; Sanskrit pradhāna `chief thing or person; the most important or essential part of anything; the first companion or attendant of a king; courtier, noble']. definitions 1 n. Chief, head, leader. 2 n. (= puruṣapradhāna) local notable, man of distinction.1 see: puruṣapradhāna, ʼācāryyapradhāna references passim, 48 occurrences of which the earliest is K.842B:25 (A.D. 968). notes 1 Cf. C III:56, note 5.