The Sanskrit term Matiprakarṣa can be transliterated into English as Matiprakarsa or Matiprakarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Matiprakarṣa (मतिप्रकर्ष).—superiority of intellect, cleverness.

Derivable forms: matiprakarṣaḥ (मतिप्रकर्षः).

Matiprakarṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mati and prakarṣa (प्रकर्ष).

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

Matiprakarṣa (मतिप्रकर्ष).—m.

(-rṣaḥ) Cleverness, talent. E. mati, and prakarṣa superiority.

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

Matiprakarṣa (मतिप्रकर्ष):—[=mati-prakarṣa] [from mati > man] m. superiority of mind, cleverness, talent, [Hitopadeśa]

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

Matiprakarṣa (मतिप्रकर्ष):—[mati-prakarṣa] (rṣaḥ) 1. m. Cleverness.

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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: Prakarsha, Mati.

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