Patatprakarsha, Patatprakarṣa, Patat-prakarsha: 5 definitions

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Patatprakarsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Patatprakarṣa can be transliterated into English as Patatprakarsa or Patatprakarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Patatprakarsha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patatprakarṣa (पतत्प्रकर्ष).—a. (in rhet.) illogical; prosaical.

Patatprakarṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patat and prakarṣa (प्रकर्ष).

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

Patatprakarṣa (पतत्प्रकर्ष):—[=patat-prakarṣa] [from patat > pat] mfn. (in [rhetoric]) ‘where preference or superiority sinks or is not observed’, either prosaical or illogical (-tā f.), [Kāvyaprakāśa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Patatprakarsha in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Patatprakarsha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Patatprakarṣa (ಪತತ್ಪ್ರಕರ್ಷ):—[noun] (poet.) a blemish that the merits (as figures of speech, meaningfulness, etc.) required to be an excellent poetry, gradually losing their strength, compactness, precision, exactness, etc.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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