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Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Pratibandī (प्रतिबन्दी) or Prativandī refers to a “retort”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 9.17 (“prativandyanuttaraḥ”).—The messenger (Nala) had said that he could not tell his name as it was against the custom prevailing among the great to do so. Damayantī replied with a pratibandī that she, too, could not talk with him as it was against the custom prevalent among women of birth. See Notes. Nārāyaṇa uses the word pratibandī in his gloss on 20.124. Cf. Jinarāja in his gloss on 5.112. The word is variously spelt and not probably used anywhere else in Kāvya literature. It occurs in the following introductory verse of Śeṣānantācārya’s commentary on Śaśadhara’s Nyāyasiddhāntadīpa. The word is sometimes found in later philosophical treatises, e.g., in Veṅkaṭanātha’s Nyāyapariśuddhi.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratibandī (प्रतिबन्दी).—f. A retort; हृदाभिनन्द्य प्रतिबन्द्यनुत्तरः (hṛdābhinandya pratibandyanuttaraḥ) N.9.17. See प्रतिबन्धी (pratibandhī).

See also (synonyms): prativandī.

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

Pratibandī (प्रतिबन्दी).—f. (-ndī) An argumet equally applicable to the opposite side. E. prati + bandha-in or ṅīp optionally added; also pratibandhi and pratibandhī .

Pratibandī can also be spelled as Pratibandi (प्रतिबन्दि).

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pratibaṃdi (ಪ್ರತಿಬಂದಿ):—[noun] the opposite; a thing that is the opposite of another; contrary.

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Pratibaṃdi (ಪ್ರತಿಬಂದಿ):—

1) [noun] the process of surveying a tract of land; survey.

2) [noun] a tract surveyed.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Prati, Bandi.

Full-text: Pratibandha, Prativandi.

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