Alternative spellings of this word include Pratichchhanna.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism

Praticchanna (प्रतिच्छन्न) refers to a class of bhūta deities according to both the Digambara and Śvetāmbara traditions of Jainism. The bhūtas refer to a category of vyantaras gods which represents one of the four classes of celestial beings (devas).

The deities such as the Praticchannas are defined in ancient Jain cosmological texts such as the Saṃgrahaṇīratna in the Śvetāmbara tradition or the Tiloyapaṇṇati by Yativṛṣabha (5th century) in the Digambara tradition.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praticchanna (प्रतिच्छन्न).—p. p.

1) Covered, covered over, enveloped; किं करोत्येव पाण्डित्यमस्थाने विनिवेशितम् । अन्धकारप्रतिच्छन्ने घटे दीप इवाहितः (kiṃ karotyeva pāṇḍityamasthāne viniveśitam | andhakārapraticchanne ghaṭe dīpa ivāhitaḥ) || Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.394.

2) Hidden, concealed.

3) Furnished or provided with; धर्मलेशप्रतिच्छन्नः प्रभवं धर्मकामयोः (dharmaleśapraticchannaḥ prabhavaṃ dharmakāmayoḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.33.5.

4) Beset, hemmed in.

5) Clothed or dressed, clad; दग्धव्यं सुप्रतिच्छन्नं (dagdhavyaṃ supraticchannaṃ) (kalevaram) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.125.29; व्याघ्रचर्मप्रतिच्छन्नो वाक्कृते रासभो हतः (vyāghracarmapraticchanno vākkṛte rāsabho hataḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.45.

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

Praticchanna (प्रतिच्छन्न).—f.

(-nnā) Adj. 1. Covered, enveloped. 2. Hidden, concealed. 3. Furnished with.

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

Praticchanna (प्रतिच्छन्न).—[adjective] covered, clothed, veiled, concealed, unknown.

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

1) Praticchanna (प्रतिच्छन्न):—[=prati-cchanna] [from prati-cchad] mfn. covered, enveloped, hidden, concealed, disguised, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] endowed or furnished with (ifc.), [Mahābhārata iii, 1268.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Praticchanna (प्रतिच्छन्न) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paḍicchaṇṇa, Paḍicchanna.

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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

Praticchanna (ಪ್ರತಿಚ್ಛನ್ನ):—

1) [adjective] covered; veiled.

2) [adjective] hidden; concealed.

3) [adjective] pulled or spread out to full extent or to a greater size; stretched.

4) [adjective] worn, put on (as of a garment, etc.).

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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.

Ends with: Dharmashatapraticchanna, Hemajalapraticchanna, Supraticchanna.

Full-text: Supraticchannam, Padicchanna, Dharmashatapraticchanna, Supraticchanna, Chad, Bhuta, Hemajala.

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