Alternative spellings of this word include Pratidan.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pratidāna (प्रतिदान).—n (S) Recompensing, giving in requital. 2 A return-gift.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pratidāna (प्रतिदान).—n Recompensing. A return-gift.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratidāna (प्रतिदान).—

1) Restoration, giving back, restitution (as of a deposit).

2) Barter, exchange.

Derivable forms: pratidānam (प्रतिदानम्).

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

Pratidāna (प्रतिदान).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. The return or re-delivery of a deposit. 2. Barter, exchange. 3. Giving back or in return for. E, prati again, dāna a giving.

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

Pratidāna (प्रतिदान).—i. e. prati-dā + ana, n. 1. The return (of a deposit). 2. Barter. 3. Giving in return for, a present made in return, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 188, 3.

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

Pratidāna (प्रतिदान).—[neuter] restoring, gift in return.

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

1) Pratidāna (प्रतिदान):—[=prati-dāna] [from prati-dā] n. restitution (of a deposit), restoration, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] giving or a gift in return, [Daśakumāra-carita; Pāṇini 1-4, 92]

3) [v.s. ...] exchange, barter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio] for pari-d).

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

Pratidāna (प्रतिदान):—[prati-dāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Return of a deposit; barter, exchange.

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

Pratidāna (प्रतिदान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍidāṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratidana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pratidāna (प्रतिदान) [Also spelled pratidan]:—(nm) requital, return, recompense; repayment.

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Partial matches: Dana, Prati, Tana.

Full-text: Paridana, Padidana, Pratidan, Piratitanam.

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