Pratispardha, Pratispardhā: 9 definitions
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Pratispardha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypratispardhā (प्रतिस्पर्धा).—f (S) Emulation or rivalry; the wish or the effort to excel or overcome. v lāva, dhara, kara, māṇḍa.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpratispardhā (प्रतिस्पर्धा).—f Emulation or rivalry; the wish to excel or overcome.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratispardhā (प्रतिस्पर्धा).—Rivalry, emulation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratispardhā (प्रतिस्पर्धा) or Pratisparddhā.—f.
(-rddhā) Emulation, rivalry, the wish or effort to excel or overcome. E. prati definitive prefix, and sparddhā emulation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratispardhā (प्रतिस्पर्धा).—[prati-spardhā], f. Emulation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratispardhā (प्रतिस्पर्धा):—[=prati-spardhā] [from prati-spardh] f. emulation, rivalry, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPratispardhā (प्रतिस्पर्धा):—(nf) rivalry, contest; competition; ~[spardhī] rival, contestant; competitor.
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Partial matches: Spardha, Prati.
Full-text: Pratisparddha.
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