Alternative spellings of this word include Pratichina.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratīcīna (प्रतीचीन).—a.

1) Western, westerly.

2) Future, subsequent, following.

3) Ved. Turned or directed towards.

4) Turning back, turned away from.

5) Coming from behind.

6) Turned inwards (abhimukha); सध्रीचीनं प्रतीचीनं परस्यानुपथं गताः (sadhrīcīnaṃ pratīcīnaṃ parasyānupathaṃ gatāḥ) Bhāgavata 6.5.33.

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

Pratīcīna (प्रतीचीन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) 1. West, western, westerly. 2. Future, Subsequent. E. pratīcī the west, and khaś aff.

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

Pratīcīna (प्रतीचीन).—and pratīcya pratīcya, i. e. pratyañc + īna, or ya, adj. Western, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 82, 7 (cya).

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

Pratīcīna (प्रतीचीन).—[adjective] turned towards or against (also pratīcīna), turned away or back, being behind or west; imminent, future, later than ([ablative]); [neuter] [adverb] behind.

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

1) Pratīcīna (प्रतीचीन):—[from praty-añc] mfn. turned towards, going or coming t°, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] turned away from, turning the back, [Ṛg-veda]

3) [v.s. ...] being behind, coming from b°, [Atharva-veda]

4) [v.s. ...] turning westward, western, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] subsequent, future (with [ablative]), [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

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

Pratīcīna (प्रतीचीन):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) a.] West, western.

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

Pratīcīna (प्रतीचीन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍīṇa.

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Praticina in German

context information

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

Pratīcīna (ಪ್ರತೀಚೀನ):—

1) [adjective] turned away from.

2) [adjective] being behind; coming from behind.

3) [adjective] turning westward; western.

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Pratīcīna (ಪ್ರತೀಚೀನ):—[noun] that which is of, relating to, from west, a western region or country.

context information

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)

Starts with: Praticinagriva, Praticinam, Praticinamukha, Praticinaphala, Praticinaprajanana, Praticinashiras, Praticinastoma.

Full-text: Padina, Pratici, Praticinam, Praticinaprajanana, Praticinagriva, Praticinashiras, Praticinaphala, Praticinastoma, Praticinamukha, Piraticinam, Praticineda, Griva.

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

Rig Veda 3.55.8 < [Sukta 55]

Rig Veda 5.44.1 < [Sukta 44]

Rig Veda 10.83.6 < [Sukta 83]

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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)

11. Goddess Kṛtyā < [Chapter 4 - Female Deities and the Glorification of Women in the Atharvaveda]

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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)

Part 5.2: Morning Soma pressing (prātaḥsavana) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]

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