Pratihanana: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratihanana (प्रतिहनन).—Striking or knocking back, returning a blow.

Derivable forms: pratihananam (प्रतिहननम्).

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

Pratihanana (प्रतिहनन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Striking again, returning a blow, &c. E. prati, and hanana striking.

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

1) Pratihanana (प्रतिहनन):—[=prati-hanana] [from prati-han] n. impeding, suppressing, [Yoga-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] striking again, returning a blow, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Pratihanana (प्रतिहनन):—[prati-hanana] (naṃ) 1. n. Returning a blow.

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

Pratihanana (प्रतिहनन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paḍihaṇaṇa, Paḍihaṇaṇā.

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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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