Praptavyamartha, Prāptavyamartha: 4 definitions

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

Prāptavyamartha (प्राप्तव्यमर्थ).—[prāptavya + m-artha], m. A surname, proceeded from its owner saying ever prāptavyam artham, etc., [Pañcatantra] 130, 15; cf. 127, 21.

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

1) Prāptavyamartha (प्राप्तव्यमर्थ):—[=prāptavya-m-artha] [from prāptavya > prāp] m. Name given to a man (who whenever asked his name replied prāp-tavyam artham labhate manuṣyaḥ, ‘a man obtains what he is destined to obtain’), [Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] n. (when used with nāman), a name, [ib.]

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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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