Pratideya: 7 definitions
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Pratideya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Pratidey.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratideya (प्रतिदेय).—a.
1) To be returned &c.
-yam A pawn, pledge.
2) An article purchased and given back.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratideya (प्रतिदेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) To be returned, to be given back, or as an equivalent. n.
(-yaṃ) 1. A pledge, a pawn. 2. An article purchased and given back. E. prati again, deya to be given.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratideya (प्रतिदेय):—[=prati-deya] [from prati-dā] mfn. to be given back or returned, [Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] n. a pledge, pawn
3) [v.s. ...] an article purchased and given back, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratideya (प्रतिदेय):—[prati-deya] (yaṃ) 1. n. A pledge. a. That should be returned.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionaryPratideya (प्रतिदेय) [Also spelled pratidey]:—(nm) that which can be given in return, worth giving in return; requital; (a) repayable, refundable; returnable; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPratidēya (ಪ್ರತಿದೇಯ):—
1) [noun] anything that is to be returned.
2) [noun] anything given as security, as for a debt, performance of an action, etc.; a pledge; a pawn.
3) [noun] a thing bought, but returned to the seller later (if and when found defective, unsatisfactory, useless, etc.).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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