संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

प्रभृति

आदि, इत्यादि, वगैरह

et cetera, etc, and so forth

प्रभृति

आदि

beginning, commencement

प्रभृति

से आरम्भ करके

beginning with

Monier–Williams

प्रभृति — {prá-ḍbhṛti} ({prá-}), f. bringing forward, offering (of sacrifice or praise) RV. AV##a throw or stroke RV##beginning, commencement ŚBr. &c. &c. (ifc. = 'commencing with' or 'et caetera', e.g. {munayaḥ somaśravaḥ-prabhṛtayaḥ}, 'the Munis beginning with Somaśravaþ i.e. 'the Munis, Somaśravaþ &c.'##in this sense also {tika})##ind. (after an abl., adv. or ifc.) beginning with, from-forward or upward, since GṛŚrS. Mn. MBh. &c. (e.g. {bālyāt prabhṛti}, 'from boyhood upwards'##{janma-pr}, 'from birth'##{adya pr}, 'beginning from to-day, henceforth'##{tataḥ} or {tadā pr}, 'thenceforth' &c.)