Krityapratiharana, Kṛtyāpratiharaṇa, Kritya-pratiharana: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kṛtyāpratiharaṇa can be transliterated into English as Krtyapratiharana or Krityapratiharana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṛtyāpratiharaṇa (कृत्याप्रतिहरण):—[=kṛtyā-pratiharaṇa] [from kṛtya > kṛ] n. [plural] Name of a series of hymns for counteracting spells, [Atharva-veda.Pariś.]
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: Kritya, Pratiharana.
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