Apratibha: 10 definitions
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Apratibha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApratibha (अप्रतिभ).—a.
1) Modest, bashful.
2) Not ready-witted, dull.
-bhā Bashfulness, modesty.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApratibha (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 Dictionary1) 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 DictionaryApratibha (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 DictionaryApratibha (अप्रतिभ):—[a-pratibha] (bhaḥ-bhā-bhaṃ) a. Ashamed, confounded; unreflected.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionaryApratibha (अप्रतिभ) [Also spelled apratibh]:—(a) bewildered, thrown out of wits, rendered witless.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusApratibha (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.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Apratibhata.
Ends with: Luptapratibha, Pratyutpannapratibha, Sapratibha, Utpannapratibha.
Full-text: Pratibha, Apratibh, Appiratipai, Nigrahasthana.
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