Pratismriti, Pratismṛti, Prati-smriti: 4 definitions
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Pratismriti 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.
The Sanskrit term Pratismṛti can be transliterated into English as Pratismrti or Pratismriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratismṛti (प्रतिस्मृति).—Name of particular kind of magic; गृहाणेमां मया प्रोक्तां सिद्धिं मूर्तिमतीमिव । विद्यां प्रतिस्मृतिं नाम (gṛhāṇemāṃ mayā proktāṃ siddhiṃ mūrtimatīmiva | vidyāṃ pratismṛtiṃ nāma) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.36.3.
Derivable forms: pratismṛtiḥ (प्रतिस्मृतिः).
Pratismṛti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and smṛti (स्मृति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratismṛti (प्रतिस्मृति):—[=prati-smṛti] [from prati-smṛ] f. ‘recollection’, Name of a [particular] kind of magic, [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.
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