Pratikaya, Pratikāya, Prati-kaya: 12 definitions
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Pratikaya 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypratikāya (प्रतिकाय).—m S (prati Again, kāya Body.) An effigy, an image, a picture, a reflection, a representation.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpratikāya (प्रतिकाय).—m An effigy, an image
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 dictionaryPratikāya (प्रतिकाय).—
1) an effigy, image, picture, likeness.
2) an adversary; स वृषध्वजसायकावभिन्नं जयहेतुः प्रतिकाय- मेषणीयम् (sa vṛṣadhvajasāyakāvabhinnaṃ jayahetuḥ pratikāya- meṣaṇīyam) Kirātārjunīya 13.28.
3) a target, butt, mark.
Derivable forms: pratikāyaḥ (प्रतिकायः).
Pratikāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and kāya (काय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratikāya (प्रतिकाय).—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. A butt, a mark; the effigy of a man, for archers to practise at. 2. An effigy, an image, a picture. E. prati again, and kāya the body; a repetition or reflection of the form.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratikāya (प्रतिकाय).—[prati-kāya], m. 1. An efligy. 2. A target for archers to practice at.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratikāya (प्रतिकाय):—[=prati-kāya] m. ‘counter-body’, an adversary, [Kirātārjunīya]
2) [v.s. ...] a target, butt, mark, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] an effigy, likeness, picture, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a bow, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratikāya (प्रतिकाय):—[prati-kāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A butt; effigy.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pratikāya (प्रतिकाय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍikāya.
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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 dictionaryPratikāya (प्रतिकाय):—(nm) a prototype; counterpart.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPratikāya (ಪ್ರತಿಕಾಯ):—[noun] the figure of a person or animal carved in stone, wood, etc. or made by moulding using plastic, bronze, etc. in a mould.
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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Full-text: Piratikayam, Padikaya, Kaya, Sadhana.
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