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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratan (प्रतन्).—8 U.

1) To spread abroad, diffuse; ख्यातस्त्वं विभवैर्यशांसि कवयो दिक्षु प्रतन्वन्ति नः (khyātastvaṃ vibhavairyaśāṃsi kavayo dikṣu pratanvanti naḥ) Bhartṛhari 3.24.

2) To spread, extend, stretch out.

3) To spread over, fill.

4) To cause, produce, create.

5) To show, display, exhibit; तदूरीकृत्य कृतिभिर्वाचस्पत्यं प्रतायते (tadūrīkṛtya kṛtibhirvācaspatyaṃ pratāyate) Śiśupālavadha 2.3.

6) To perform, do (as a sacrifice).

7) To execute, complete, accomplish.

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

Pratan (प्रतन्).—spread, extend (tr. & [intransitive]); cause, produce; show, betray.

Pratan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and tan (तन्).

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

Pratan (प्रतन्):—[=pra-√tan] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -tanoti, -tanute, to spread (intr.) or extend over, cover, fill, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary] etc. etc.;

—to spread (trans.), disperse, diffuse, continue, propagate, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.;

—to show, display, reveal, [Śiśupāla-vadha];

—to undertake, begin, perform, execute, effect, cause, do, make (also with 2 [accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Rājataraṅgiṇī] :

—[Passive voice] -tāyate, to spread or extend from, proceed from ([ablative]), [Chāndogya-upaniṣad];

— -tanyate, to be continued or extended or particularized, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

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Pratan in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra, Tan.

Starts with: Pratana, Pratanahavis, Pratanavant, Pratanavat, Pratani, Pratanika, Pratanin, Pratanini, Pratanita, Pratankam, Pratanu, Pratanuka, Pratanukam, Pratanukri.

Ends with: Abhipratan.

Full-text: Pratam, Pratati, Pratana, Abhipratan, Pratata, Sarasamprata, Pratatam, Pratanita, Pratanavat, Pratanini, Pratani, Pratanin, N.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Pratan, Pra-tan, Pratān; (plurals include: Pratans, tans, Pratāns). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 7.86.4 < [Sukta 86]

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 351 - Perfected forms of inflection in the nouns

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