The Sanskrit term Pratiṣṭhāpaka can be transliterated into English as Pratisthapaka or Pratishthapaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pratiṣṭhāpaka (प्रतिष्ठापक).—f. °ikā (AMg. paiṭṭhāvaa), one who or that which establishes: m., Lalitavistara 351.13; Gaṇḍavyūha 416.13; f. °ikā (buddhiḥ) Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 122.2.

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

Pratiṣṭhāpaka (प्रतिष्ठापक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paiṭṭhāvaya.

context information

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 corpus

Pratiṣṭhāpaka (ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಪಕ):—[noun] he who establishes (something) firmly.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Full-text: Paitthavaya.

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