In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Pratirodhaka (प्रतिरोधक) refers to an “obstacle (to reality)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Those who know the self certainly destroy mental darkness, which is produced by the great quantity of ignorance [and] is a barrier to reality [com.—tattva-pratirodhaka—‘an obstacle to reality’], with the sunbeams of knowledge. One who is restrained who is intent on stopping the influx of karma fearlessly drives away the discharge of the poison of non-restraint with the nectar waters of true restraint”.

Synonyms: Avarodhaka.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pratirōdhaka (प्रतिरोधक).—a S That obstructs, opposes, hinders, stops.

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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 dictionary

Pratirodhaka (प्रतिरोधक).—a.

1) Obstructing.

2) Besieging. -m.

1) An opponent.

2) A robber, thief; कोदण्डपाणि निनदत्प्रतिरोधकानामापातदुष्प्रसहमाविरभूदनीकम् (kodaṇḍapāṇi ninadatpratirodhakānāmāpātaduṣprasahamāvirabhūdanīkam) M.5.1; Śiśupālavadha 1.32.

3) An obstacle.

See also (synonyms): pratirodhin, pratiroddhṛ.

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

Pratirodhaka (प्रतिरोधक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A thief, a robber. 2. An obstacle. 3. An opponent. E. prati severally, rudh to obstruct, aff. ṇvul .

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

Pratirodhaka (प्रतिरोधक).—i. e. prati -rudh + aka, m. 1. An opponent. 2. A thief, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] [distich] 85.

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

Pratirodhaka (प्रतिरोधक).—[adjective] obstructive, hindering.

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

1) Pratirodhaka (प्रतिरोधक):—[=prati-rodhaka] [from prati-rudh] m. an opposer, preventer, [Kādambarī]

2) [v.s. ...] a robber, thief, [Mālavikāgnimitra]

3) [v.s. ...] an obstacle, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Pratirodhaka (प्रतिरोधक):—[prati-rodhaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A thief; opposer; obstacle.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratirodhaka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pratirōdhaka (ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧಕ):—[adjective] = ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧ [pratirodha]1.

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Pratirōdhaka (ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧಕ):—

1) [noun] = ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧ [pratirodha]2 - 2 & 3.

2) [noun] a man who steals; a thief.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Rodhaka, Prati.

Starts with: Pratirodhakara.

Ends with: Sampratirodhaka, Tattvapratirodhaka.

Full-text: Pratirodhin, Pratirodhi, Sampratirodhaka, Pratiroddhri, Avarodhaka.

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