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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prativāṇi (प्रतिवाणि).—f. An answer, reply.

Derivable forms: prativāṇiḥ (प्रतिवाणिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Prativāṇi (प्रतिवाणि).—f. (and °ṇi, nt.?; compare a-prati°, which see for Pali correspondents), opposition, repulsion, aversion to spoken words, especially to preaching or teaching; apparently a [compound] of prati and vāṇī: °ṇī, n. sg., Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 244.20, and °ṇiḥ, id., 484.7, both in reference to preaching or teaching; prativāṇi (? Mironov °ni without v.l., and Kyoto ed. suggests that their mss. read °ni, and that their °ṇi in text is an em.; compare however aprativāṇi, where both edd. have °ṇi) Mahāvyutpatti 5239 = Tibetan mi ḥphrod pa, unsuitable, disagreeable or the like; probably of attitude towards teaching (the preceding entry is śaikṣābhir nikūjitaṃ). Form dubi- ous; ending seems confirmed by aprativāṇi; n. sg. nt.? Or possibly adverb? In [Boehtlingk] 7.360 °vāṇi by em., rendered Opposition, which I think is about right.

Prativāṇi can also be spelled as Prativāṇī (प्रतिवाणी).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prativāṇi (प्रतिवाणि).—f.

(-ṇiḥ) 1. An answer. 2. A rejoinder. E. prati before, vāṇi speech.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Prativāṇi (प्रतिवाणि):—[=prati-vāṇi] 1. prati-vāṇi mfn. unseemly, unsuitable, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] 2. prati-vāṇi fn. an answer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] opposition, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([wrong reading] vāni)

4) [v.s. ...] f. = paribhāṣā, prajñapti etc., [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prativāṇi (प्रतिवाणि):—[prati-vāṇi] (ṇiḥ) 2. f. An answer.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Prati, Vani.

Starts with: Prativanita.

Ends with: Aprativani.

Full-text: Aprativani.

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