Pratishravana, Pratiśravaṇa: 10 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Pratiśravaṇa can be transliterated into English as Pratisravana or Pratishravana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण).—

1) Listening to; प्रतिश्रवणसंभाषे शयानो न समाचरेत् (pratiśravaṇasaṃbhāṣe śayāno na samācaret) Manusmṛti 2.195.

2) Promising, assenting; agreeing.

3) A promise.

4) Maintaining.

Derivable forms: pratiśravaṇam (प्रतिश्रवणम्).

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

Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Assenting to, listening to, (with attention and obedience.) 2. Promising, agreeing. E. prati, śru to hear, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण).—i. e. prati -śru + ana, n. 1. Promising. 2. Listening to, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 195.

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

Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण).—[neuter] = [preceding] [masculine]

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

1) Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण):—[=prati-śravaṇa] [from prati-śru] n. hearkening to, listening (cf. below)

2) [v.s. ...] answering, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]

3) [v.s. ...] assenting to, agreeing, promising, [Manu-smṛti ii, 195] (others ‘hearkening’ or ‘answering’), [Mahābhārata] (-pūrva mfn. promised, assured), [Pāṇini 8-2, 99] ([Kāśikā-vṛtti], ‘hearkening’)

4) [v.s. ...] ([probably]) a [particular] part of the ear, [ṢaḍvBr.]

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

Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण):—[prati-śravaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Promising; assenting to, listening to.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paḍisuṇaṇa, Paḍisuṇaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratishravana 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pratiśravaṇa (प्रतिश्रवण):—(nm) playback.

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