Pratiharayati, Pratihārayati: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPratihārayati (प्रतिहारयति) or Pratihāreti.—(probably denom. from Sanskrit prati-hāra, usher, rather than caus. to prati-har-), announces: (speaking to the king's pratihāra) Śuddhodanasya prati- hāretha, Asito ṛṣi darśanakāmo; pratihāreṇa rājño nive- ditaṃ Mahāvastu ii.31.12; has announced, causes to be announced: rājñaḥ pratihārayām āsa Jātakamālā 118.13 (that he wished an audience).
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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