Pratidhvani, Prati-dhvani, Pratidhvanī: 11 definitions
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Pratidhvani means something in 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 Pratidhwani.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि).—m (S) pratināda m (S) Reiterated or reverberated sound, echo.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि).—m pratināda m Echo.
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 dictionaryPratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि).—An echo, reverberation; श्रुतपदरवस्तेषामेव प्रतिध्वनिमध्वनि (śrutapadaravasteṣāmeva pratidhvanimadhvani) N.
Derivable forms: pratidhvaniḥ (प्रतिध्वनिः).
See also (synonyms): pratidhvāna.
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Pratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि).—
1) an echo; प्रतिरवविततो वनानि चक्रे (pratiravavitato vanāni cakre) Kirātārjunīya 1.4.
2) quarrel; controversy.
3) (Ved.) life (prāṇa).
Derivable forms: pratidhvaniḥ (प्रतिध्वनिः).
Pratidhvani is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and dhvani (ध्वनि). See also (synonyms): pratirava.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि).—f.
(-niḥ) Echo, reverberated sound. E. prati, and dhvani sound.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि).—and pratidhvāna pratidhvāna (Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 2754), i. e. prati-dhvan + i or a, m. Echo.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि):—[=prati-dhvani] m. (√2. dhvan) echo, reverberated sound, [Harṣacarita]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि):—[prati-dhvani] (niḥ) 2. f. Echo.
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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 dictionaryPratidhvani (प्रतिध्वनि) [Also spelled pratidhwani]:—(nf) echo, reecho, reverberation; resonance; ~[ta] echoed, re-echoed, reverberated; resounded.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPratidhvani (ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿ):—
1) [noun] a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain or other obstructing surface; an echo.
2) [noun] a sound so heard again.
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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Partial matches: Prati, Dhanin, Dhvani, Tani.
Starts with: Pratidhvanilekhaka-yantra, Pratidhvanimapaka-yantra, Pratidhvanin, Pratidhvanisiddhanta, Pratidhvanisu, Pratidhvanita.
Full-text: Pratidhvana, Pratinada, Pratidhvanin, Pratidhvanita, Pratininada, Pratinad, Pratidhwani, Pratirava.
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