Alternative spellings of this word include Apratibh.

In Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

Source: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)

Apratibhā (अप्रतिभा) refers to “non-ingenuity” and represents one of the various “points of defeat” (nigrahasthāna), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apratibha (अप्रतिभ).—a.

1) Modest, bashful.

2) Not ready-witted, dull.

-bhā Bashfulness, modesty.

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

Apratibha (अप्रतिभ).—mfn.

(-bhaḥ-bhā-bhaṃ) 1. Modest, bashful. 2. Confounded, perplexed. 3. Unreflected, (as an image.) E. a neg. pratibhā light, reflexion.

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

1) Apratibha (अप्रतिभ):—[=a-pratibha] mfn. modest, bashful, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Apratibhā (अप्रतिभा):—[=a-pratibhā] [from a-pratibha] f. shyness, timidity, [Nyāya]

3) Apratībhā (अप्रतीभा):—[=a-pratībhā] f. not thinking of anything, [Āpastamba]

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

Apratibha (अप्रतिभ):—I. [tatpurusha compound] f.

(-bhā) 1) Want of boldness.

2) (In the Nyāya philosophy.) Want of ready wit or of presence of mind, in a discussion, viz. inability of returning an answer, although one has understood the argument of the opponent (therefore not necessarily the same as ananubhāṣaṇa q. v.), one of the twenty-two nigrahasthāna or shortcomings in discussion. E. a neg. and pratibhā. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-bhaḥ-bhā-bham) 1) Not bold.

2) Not of ready wit, dull. E. a priv. and pratibhā.

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

Apratibha (अप्रतिभ):—[a-pratibha] (bhaḥ-bhā-bhaṃ) a. Ashamed, confounded; unreflected.

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Apratibha in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Apratibha (अप्रतिभ) [Also spelled apratibh]:—(a) bewildered, thrown out of wits, rendered witless.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apratibha (ಅಪ್ರತಿಭ):—

1) [adjective] perplexed; bewildered; puzzled.

2) [adjective] not bold; of shy nature; timid; bashful; modest.

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Apratibha (ಅಪ್ರತಿಭ):—[noun] a perplexed, confounded man.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Pratibha, A.

Starts with: Apratibhata.

Ends with: Luptapratibha, Pratyutpannapratibha, Sapratibha, Utpannapratibha.

Full-text: Pratibha, Apratibh, Appiratipai, Nigrahasthana.

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