Pratibhanika, Pratibhāṇika: 1 definition

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pratibhāṇika (प्रतिभाणिक).—[, see °nika.]

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Pratibhānika (प्रतिभानिक).—adj. (from °bhāna plus -ika): (nāpi ca) svayaṃpratibhāṇiko (grantho) Mahāvastu ii.231.4 (verse; so with one ms.), of one's own invention or native wit; read °niko for °ṇiko (Senart em. wrongly).

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Prātibhānika (प्रातिभानिक).—(-prātibhānika), f. °kī, adj., in (bhūmau…) svayaṃ-°kyāṃ, loc. sg., Bodhisattvabhūmi 37.24, based on one's own wit.

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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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