Pratighatana, Pratighātana: 8 definitions

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Pratighatana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pratighatana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratighātana (प्रतिघातन).—

1) Repulsing, warding off.

2) Killing, slaughter.

Derivable forms: pratighātanam (प्रतिघातनम्).

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

Pratighātana (प्रतिघातन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Repulsing. 2. Killing, slaughter. E. prati mutually, han to kill, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Pratighātana (प्रतिघातन).—i. e. prati -han, [Causal.], + ana, n. 1. Repulsing, [Arjunasamāgama] 4, 26. 2. Killing.

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

1) Pratighātana (प्रतिघातन):—[=prati-ghātana] [from prati-gha] n. warding off, repulsing, [ib.]

2) [v.s. ...] killing, slaughter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pratighātana (प्रतिघातन):—[prati-ghātana] (naṃ) 1. n. Killing, slaughter.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratighatana 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pratighatana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pratighātana (ಪ್ರತಿಘಾತನ):—[noun] the act or an instance of killing.

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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.

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