Pratinivishtamurkha, Pratiniviṣṭamūrkha, Pratinivishta-murkha: 3 definitions

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Pratinivishtamurkha 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.

The Sanskrit term Pratiniviṣṭamūrkha can be transliterated into English as Pratinivistamurkha or Pratinivishtamurkha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratiniviṣṭamūrkha (प्रतिनिविष्टमूर्ख).—a perverse fool, confirmed blockhead; न तु प्रति निविष्टमूर्खजनचित्तमाराधयेत् (na tu prati niviṣṭamūrkhajanacittamārādhayet) Bhartṛhari 2.5.

Derivable forms: pratiniviṣṭamūrkhaḥ (प्रतिनिविष्टमूर्खः).

Pratiniviṣṭamūrkha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pratiniviṣṭa and mūrkha (मूर्ख).

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

Pratiniviṣṭamūrkha (प्रतिनिविष्टमूर्ख).—m.

(-rkhaḥ) A confirmed blockhead.

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

Pratiniviṣṭamūrkha (प्रतिनिविष्टमूर्ख):—[=prati-ni-viṣṭa-mūrkha] [from pratini-viṣṭa] m. an obstinate fool, [Bhartṛhari]

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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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