Brahmanaprativeshya, Brāhmaṇaprātiveśya, Brahmana-prativeshya: 2 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Brāhmaṇaprātiveśya can be transliterated into English as Brahmanaprativesya or Brahmanaprativeshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brāhmaṇaprātiveśya (ब्राह्मणप्रातिवेश्य).—a neighbouring Brāhmaṇa; ब्राह्मणप्रातिवेश्यानामेतदेवानिमन्त्रणे (brāhmaṇaprātiveśyānāmetadevānimantraṇe) Y.2.263.

Derivable forms: brāhmaṇaprātiveśyaḥ (ब्राह्मणप्रातिवेश्यः).

Brāhmaṇaprātiveśya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmaṇa and prātiveśya (प्रातिवेश्य).

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

Brāhmaṇaprātiveśya (ब्राह्मणप्रातिवेश्य):—[=brāhmaṇa-prātiveśya] [from brāhmaṇa > brahman] m. a neighbouring Brāhman, [Yājñavalkya ii, 263.]

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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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