Pratisamdhana, Pratisaṃdhāna: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratisaṃdhāna (प्रतिसंधान).—

1) Joining together, uniting again; नैकोऽपि (naiko'pi) (upāyaḥ) च्छिन्नकण्ठप्रतिसंधानपूर्वस्य प्राणलाभस्य (cchinnakaṇṭhapratisaṃdhānapūrvasya prāṇalābhasya) Daśakumāracarita 2.2.

2) The period of transition between two ages.

3) A means, remedy.

4) Self-command, restraint of feelings or passion.

5) Praise.

6) Memory, recollection.

7) Remedy.

Derivable forms: pratisaṃdhānam (प्रतिसंधानम्).

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

Pratisaṃdhāna (प्रतिसंधान).—i. e. prati-sam-dhā + ana, n. 1. Joining again, a remedy, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 189, 10. 2. Suppressing of feeling for a time. 3. Praise.

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

Pratisaṃdhāna (प्रतिसंधान).—[neuter] saṃdhi [masculine] reunion, connection, juncture.

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

1) Pratisaṃdhāna (प्रतिसंधान):—[=prati-saṃdhāna] [from pratisaṃ-dhā] n. putting together again, joining together, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a juncture, the period of transition between two ages, [Vāyu-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] memory, recollection, [Nyāyasūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

4) [v.s. ...] praise, panegyric, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] self-command, suppression of feeling for a time, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) [v.s. ...] a remedy, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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