Pratisamdhi, Pratisandhi, Pratisaṃdhi: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPratisandhi (प्रतिसन्धि).—Intermediate creation, description of; interval between two cosmic ages;1 no Pratisandhi between one Kalpa and the other; but there is one between the different Manvantaras.2
- 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 31. 113; Matsya-purāṇa 144. 101; Vāyu-purāṇa 7. 2-3; 58. 112; 61, 145 and 148.
- 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 6. 2, 3 and 10.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāPratisaṃdhi (प्रतिसंधि) refers to a “connection” (as opposed to Apratisaṃdhi—‘no connection’), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva perform his practice of a Bodhisattva (bodhisattvacaryā) after having obtained the sameness of extinction? The extinction is the pacification of all vices, the allaying of every feeling, the pacification of all objects, and no connection (apratisaṃdhi) with the parts of personality, realms or fields of perception. Thus the good man, having obtained the sameness of extinction, playfully employs the great compassion, means and insight, and knowledge of the former lives. He is sustained by the presence of the Buddhas. He cultivates insight and knowledge. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratisaṃdhi (प्रतिसंधि).—
1) Reunion.
2) Entering into the womb.
3) The period of transition between two ages.
4) Stop, cessation (uparama); अदृष्टतोऽनुपायाच्च प्रतिसन्धेश्च कर्मणः (adṛṣṭato'nupāyācca pratisandheśca karmaṇaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.26.2.
5) Rebirth.
Derivable forms: pratisaṃdhiḥ (प्रतिसंधिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPratisaṃdhi (प्रतिसंधि).—m. (so Divyāvadāna 234.8; perhaps f. Mahāvastu iii.447.19? = Pali paṭisaṃdhi; nom. act. to prec.), (1) rebirth: Mahāvyutpatti 2164; °dhi-bandhaḥ 7695; °dhi na me bhaveyā Lalitavistara 200.7 (verse); °dhir gṛhītaḥ Divyāvadāna 234.8; usually acc. °dhiṃ, obj. of grah-, Divyāvadāna 14.15; 57.24; 68.10; 138.17; Avadāna-śataka i.4.15; 10.15 etc.; bhava-°dhiṃ ca karoti Daśabhūmikasūtra 49.22; °dhi-balena Gaṇḍavyūha 105.11, but read with 2d ed. pratisaṃ- vidbalena; sahetukā saṃskāra-(mss. °rā)-pratisaṃdhir Mahāvastu iii.447.19; (2) fig., the forming a connection with (adoption of) a philosophical view: anyāyāś ca dṛṣṭer a-pratisaṃdhir anupādānam aprādurbhāvaḥ Avadāna-śataka ii.188.1, not taking on, not accepting, non-appearance of (any) other view. Could be rendered, perhaps, no birth…of another view.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratisandhi (प्रतिसन्धि).—m.
(-ndhiḥ) 1. Reunion. 2. Cessation. 3. The period of transition between two ages. E. prati + sam + dhā-ki .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratisaṃdhi (प्रतिसंधि):—[=prati-saṃdhi] [from pratisaṃ-dhā] m. reunion, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] re-entry into ([compound]) or into the womb, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] re-birth, [Divyāvadāna]
4) [v.s. ...] the period of transition between two ages, [Vāyu-purāṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] resistance, adverseness (of fate), [Mahābhārata]
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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 corpusPratisaṃdhi (ಪ್ರತಿಸಂಧಿ):—
1) [noun] a joining, meeting again.
2) [noun] the transmigration of the soul; subsequent birth.
3) [noun] a stopping or being stopped; check; arrest; cessation; halt; stop.
4) [noun] a period of transition, esp. a period during which considerable changes happen that affects almost all spheres of activities of a generation.
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: Sandhi, Prati, Samdhi.
Starts with: Pratisamdhijnana, Pratisamdhisu, Pratisamdhita.
Ends with: Apratisamdhi, Bhavapratisamdhi.
Full-text: Bhavapratisamdhi, Pratisamdhijnana, Antarabhava, Peshin, Ghana, Kalala, Kashyapeya, Samvacya, Arbuda.
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