Pratibimba: 21 definitions
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Pratibimba means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Pratibimb.
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In Hinduism
Shaiva philosophy
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to “reflections” (of a mirror), according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.131:—“‘adhikatara’ [means the following]: the [various] phenomena (ābhāsa) are [something more (adhika)] than consciousness, just as reflections (pratibimba) are something more than a mirror (darpaṇa) [reflecting them]; and that which is something more than something more, [i.e., that which is something more] than these very [phenomena,] can never be perceived in any [circumstance] for the very [reason that it is distinct from phenomena]; and how could that be a [real] entity (vastu)?”.
Shaiva philosophy is a spritiual tradition within Hinduism that includes theories such as the relationship between the Atman (individual soul) and Siva, the nature of liberation (moksha), and the concepts of maya (illusion) and shakti (divine energy). Saiva philosophy teaches that union with Shiva can be achieved through knowledge, devotion, and spiritual practice. It encompasses major branches like Shaiva Siddhanta and Kashmir Shaivism.
Kavya (poetry)
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to the “reflections (of colors)”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 225-226).—Accordingly, while describing the shire of the Goddess Caṇḍikā, “[Then follows the image of the Goddess Caṇḍikā, which matches the conception of Kālarātri in the passage from the Mahābhārata:] Her feet were never bereft of cloths [dyed with] red lac thrown upon the mound of her seat [on the altar] as if they were the lives of all creatures arrived there for shelter; she resembled an inhabitant of the Underworld because of the intense darkness obstructed [only] by the flashes from axes, spears, etc., weapons deadly for beings, that seemed to hold nets of hair stuck from decapitations because of the reflections (pratibimba) of black yak-tail whisks cast [upon their surfaces]; [...]”.
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’.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to “reflecting” (with one’s color), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 9.5-11, while explaining the universality of Amṛteśa]—“Amṛteśa is supreme. He is free of disease. His nature is inherent, fully enumerated, constant, eternal, and immovable. [He has] no form or color, and is the highest truth. Because of that, he is omnipresent. The splendid Deva delights in all āgamas, pervades all mantras, and grants all siddhis. In this way, he is like a transparent crystal sewn onto a colored thread, always reflected (pratibimba—pratibimbeta sarvatra yena) with its color, [and] seeking [to] look like this and that. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to the “reflection” (of the western path), according to verse 11.39-45 of the Kularatnoddyota, one of the earliest Kubjikā Tantras.—Accordingly, [as the Goddess addresses Ādinātha ]: “I have seen this unique miracle which inspires wonder. Thus, you have attained another birth from the belly of the fish. This, your excellent spiritual emanation, is graced with the name Matsyendra and this will be your great fame on the surface of the earth. Beloved, this is your lineage which goes by the name Pūrvāmnāya. It is like the reflection (pratibimba) of the Western path. Adorned with the six divisions Ānanda, Āvali (and the rest), it gives success”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to “one’s reflection” (used in order to ascertain symptoms of a snake-bite), as taught in the Damśarūpa (“aspects of snake-bites”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—Explaining in a scientific manner, the sage Kāśyapa in his Kāśyapasaṃhitā further elaborates that when the fatally bitten victim is thrown into oil and his reflection (pratibimba) scrutinised, his eyes will be closed and mouth wide open.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to one of the various types of upamāna (comparisons) in order to explain dharmanairātmya (“non-self of dharmas”). Cf. the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XI). According to the Pañcaviṃśati (Sanskrit text, p. 4), they are:—1) māyā, 2) marīci, 3) dakacandra, 4) svapna, 5) pratiśrutkā, 6) pratibhāsa, 7) pratibimba, 8) nirmāṇa (idem in Mahāvyutpatti, no. 854).
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to “(that which is like) a reflection in a mirror”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Lord said this to the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, the morality of the Bodhisattva becomes like open space when he is endowed with the four dharmas. What are those four? To wit, ‘(1) the sameness of body (kāyasamatā) being like a a reflection in a mirror (pratibimba-upama); (2) the sameness of sound being like an echo; (3) the sameness of thought being like an illusion; (4) the sameness of consciousness being like open space. Son of good family, the morality of the Bodhisatva becomes like open space when he is endowed with the four dharmas. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Buddhist philosophy
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to the “conceptual image”.—The notion that conceptual cognitions are necessarily mistaken—even when they are epistemically reliable—reflects an overall suspicion of conceptuality that characterizes Indian Buddhism from its earliest days, but the technical account in part 1 draws especially on Dharmakīrti and other Buddhist epistemologists. For these theorists, conceptual cognitions are always mistaken in two ways. First, the object that appears phenomenally in my awareness, known as the conceptual “image” (pratibimba) of the object, is taken to be identical to the functional thing that I seek to act upon as the engaged object (pravṛttiviṣaya) of my action. In other words, the phenomenally presented object “fire” in my conceptual cognition does not have the causal properties of an actual fire—the thought of a fire cannot burn wood. Yet our cognitive system creates a fusion (ekīkaraṇa) of this phenomenal appearance with the engaged object to which the conceptual image of “fire” refers.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) refers to “reflections”, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Conditions are like reflections (pratibimba-sama), transparent, pure, indeed clear, Inconceivable and inexpressible, arising from causes and effects”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
pratibimba (प्रतिबिंब).—n (S) A reflected image.
pratibimba (प्रतिबिंब).—n A reflected image.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) or Prativimba.—n.
(-mbaḥ-mbaḥ) 1. A reflection. 2. A picture.
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब).—or prativimba prativimba, n. A reflection, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 18; a reflected image, [Hitopadeśa] 68, 9; an image.
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब).—[neuter] ([masculine]) reflected disk of sun or moon; image, shadow i.[grammar]
1) Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब):—[=prati-bimba] 1. prati-bimba n. (rarely m.) the disc of the sun or moon reflected (in water)
2) [v.s. ...] a reflection, reflected image, mirrored form, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra; Kāvya literature] etc. (also baka)
3) [v.s. ...] a resemblance or counterpart of real forms, a picture, image, shadow, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] (among the synonyms of ‘equal’ [Kāvyādarśa])
5) [v.s. ...] Name of the chapters of the Kāvya-prakāśādarśa, [Catalogue(s)]
6) [=prati-bimba] 2. prati-bimba [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] bati, to be reflected or mirrored, [Kapila [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब):—s. prativimba .
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Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब):—u.s.w. s. prativimba u.s.w.
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब):—m. (ausnahmasweie) und n. —
1) die sich (im Wasser) abspiegelnde Sonnen- oder Mondscheibe ; Spiegelbild , Abbild , Widerschein überh. Unter den Synonymen für gleich [250,29.] —
2) Bez. der Kapitel im Kāviyaprakāśādarśa.
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍibiṃba.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Pratibiṃba (प्रतिबिंब) [Also spelled pratibimb]:—(nm) reflection; image, shadow; ~[biṃbavāda] reflectionism, the philosophical doctrine which asserts that the individual is but the reflection of his Creator; ~[biṃbita] reflected.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Pratibiṃba (ಪ್ರತಿಬಿಂಬ):—
1) [noun] an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, a shining surface, unperturbed water, etc.; an image.
2) [noun] an imitation or representation of a person or thing, drawn, painted, photographed, sculpted, etc.
3) [noun] (Dvaita phil.) the material out of which anything is made; the material cause.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Pratibimba (प्रतिबिम्ब):—n. 1. reflection; shadow; 2. image; picture;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Prati, Bimba.
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Full-text (+43): Bimbapratibimbabhava, Prativimba, Pratibimbavartin, Pratibimbita, Bimbapratibimbata, Pratibimb, Bimba, Pratibimbitatva, Pratibimbata, Pratibimbacaitanya, Payahpratibimba, Pratibimbikri, Pratibimbakalpa, Bimbapratibimbatva, Pirativimpam, Pativimpam, Bimbapratibimbavada, Ying xiang, Bimbapratibimba, Pratibimbaka.
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Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
29. Bimba-pratibimba-bhava between God and the Embodied Soul < [Critical exposition (3) Bhedasaurabha]
6. Brahman is not Nirakara but is of Purnananda-deha < [Critical exposition (3) Bhedasaurabha]
3. Criticism of Carvakavada < [Critical exposition (1) Gunasaurabha]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.3.45 < [Part 3 - Devotional Service in Ecstasy (bhāva-bhakti)]
Verse 1.3.46 < [Part 3 - Devotional Service in Ecstasy (bhāva-bhakti)]
Verse 1.3.48 < [Part 3 - Devotional Service in Ecstasy (bhāva-bhakti)]
Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati (by Lance Edward Nelson)
Part 3 - Bhagavat as the Eternal Experiencer of Devotion < [Chapter 8 - Theoretical difficulties]
Part 5 - Bhakti as Bhagavat < [Chapter 5 - Madhusudana on Advaita-Bhakti]
Part 6 - The Nature of Bhagavat < [Chapter 5 - Madhusudana on Advaita-Bhakti]
Principle of Shakti in Kashmir Shaivism (Study) (by Nirmala V.)
Part 8 - Cosmology, Ontology and Soteriology in terms of Śakti < [Chapter 6 - Social and Philosophical implications of Śakti in Kashmir Śaivism]
Srikara Bhashya (commentary) (by C. Hayavadana Rao)
Part 35.4 - The Nature of the Jiva
Part 28 - The Attributes of Brahman
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
Verse 40 < [Section 7]
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