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director meaning in Sanskrit

प्रशास्तृ praśāstṛ́

UK/dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)//dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/

director in Sanskrit: प्रशास्तृ (praśāstṛ́). In English, director means one who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

Sanskrit words for director

"Director"; the name of a post of a priest
प्रशास्तृ praśāstṛ́

English meaning of director

  1. noun One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
  2. noun A member of a board of directors.
  3. noun A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
  4. noun That which directs or orientates something.

Full definition of director

director in a sentence

  • [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].

director in other languages

Questions about director in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of director in Sanskrit?
Director in Sanskrit is प्रशास्तृ (praśāstṛ́).
director इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Director: प्रशास्तृ (praśāstṛ́).
What does director mean in English?
Director means one who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “director”: प्रशास्तृ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: director (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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