Pratisamskara, Pratisaṃskāra: 3 definitions

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Pratisamskara 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.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pratisaṃskāra (प्रतिसंस्कार).—m. (to Pali paṭisaṃkharoti, and Sanskrit pratisaṃskaroti is used in substantially the same way; the noun seems not recorded, but Pali has adj. °khārika, °khāriya), repair, restoration (of ruined or damaged buildings): (stūpe khaṇḍasphuṭa-) °kāra-karaṇāya Divyāvadāna 22.19 and 23.1; read so in 22.11 and 23.3 for text °prati- saṃskaraṇāya (haplogr.); similarly in Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 34.5, text with inferior ms. (stūpacaityavihārāṇāṃ śīrṇānāṃ) prati- saṃskaraṇam, read with better ms. pratisaṃskāra- [Page371-b+ 71] karaṇam; (khaṇḍasphuṭa-) °kāraṃ kuruta Divyāvadāna 23.8, and (°sphuṭita-)°kāraḥ kṛtaḥ 23.11; jīrṇagṛhavat °kāra-dhāryaḥ Śikṣāsamuccaya 231.3, to be held up (only) by repair; °kāraṃ karoti, with acc. of things to be repaired, (te satpuruṣāḥ ye caṭita- sphuṭitān vihārān) °kāraṃ kurvanti Kāraṇḍavvūha 13.10, similarly 11.

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

Pratisaṃskāra (प्रतिसंस्कार):—[=prati-saṃskāra] [from pratisaṃ-skṛ] m. restoration (raṃ-√kṛ, to restore), [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]

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Pratisamskara 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.

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