Patanta, Pata-a-anta: 6 definitions
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Patanta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
patanta : (pr.p. of patati) falling down; alighting on.
patanta (ပတန္တ) [(pu,thī) (ပု၊ထီ)]—
[pata+a+anta．thī-nitea patantī．vakkaṅgo pattayāno ca,patanto nīḷajo bhave．,625．patati patanto viya ākāsato hotīti patanto．,ṭī．625．(pa-saṃ)]
[ပတ+အ+အန္တ။ ထီ-၌ ပတန္တီ။ ဝက္ကင်္ဂေါ ပတ္တယာနော စ၊ ပတန္တော နီဠဇော ဘဝေ။ ဓာန်၊ ၆၂၅။ ပတတိ ပတန္တော ဝိယ အာကာသတော ဟောတီတိ ပတန္တော။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၆၂၅။ (ပတတ်-သံ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
patanta—
(Burmese text): (၁) ငှက်၊ ငှက်သတ္တဝါ။ (တိ) (၂) ကျ-ကျရောက်-သော။ (က) လိမ့်-လည်း-လန်-လျော-ကျသော။ (ခ) ကျွတ်-ကြွေ-ပြတ်-ပြုတ်-ပြို-ကျသော။ (ဂ) ခုန်ချသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Bird, bird creatures. (2) falling down. (a) slippery and smooth. (b) broken and shattered. (c) jumping, he.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Paṭānta (पटान्त).—[masculine] the edge of a garment.
Paṭānta (पटान्त):—[from paṭa > paṭ] m. idem, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Ratnāvalī]
Paṭānta (पटान्त):—m. der Saum eines Gewandes [305,14.308,10.15.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): A, Anta, Pata.
Starts with (+0): Patamtama, Patanga, Patantaka, Patantamatam, Patantarakkaran, Patantaram, Patantaramati, Patantarampotu, Patantare, Patantavaru, Patanti.
Full-text (+0): Patanga, Apatanta, Patanti, Apapatanta, Papatanta, Patantamatam.
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Search found 9 books and stories containing Patanta, Pata-a-anta, Paṭānta; (plurals include: Patantas, antas, Paṭāntas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 182 < [Volume 29 (1942)]
Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Verse 774: Exhalation Measure for Ages 80 and 60 < [Tantra Three (munran tantiram) (verses 549-883)]
Atharvaveda ancillary literature (Study) (by B. R. Modak)
Part 2.4 - The Ghrtaveksana ceremony < [Chapter 2b - A Topical Analysis of the Atharvaveda-Parisistas]
Dreams in The Ramayana: A Study < [January – March, 1996]