Pratishishyaka, Pratiśiṣyakā: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Pratiśiṣyakā can be transliterated into English as Pratisisyaka or Pratishishyaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPratiśiṣyakā (प्रतिशिष्यका).—(-pratiśiṣyakā) (?) , in śiṣya-pra°, perhaps (pupil's) pupilhood: (yasya tāvad) vayaṃ śiṣya-pratiśiṣyakayāpi na tulyāḥ Divyāvadāna 153.14, of whom (viz. the Buddha), you see, we are not equal to the pupil's pupilhood (having been shown to be inferior to Cunda, the novice-attendant of Śāriputra, the disciple of Buddha). Cf. Pali sissānusissa, pupil and pupil's pupil.
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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