Pratitantrasiddhanta, Pratitantrasiddhānta, Prati-tantrasiddhanta: 5 definitions

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Pratitantrasiddhanta means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Pratitantrasiddhānta (प्रतितन्त्रसिद्धान्त):—[pratitantrasiddhāntaḥ] The particular doctrine made by some school of thought or science and not accepted by other science

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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In Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

[«previous next»] — Pratitantrasiddhanta in Buddhist philosophy glossary
Source: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)

Pratitantrasiddhānta (प्रतितन्त्रसिद्धान्त) or simply Pratitantra refers to a “tenet accepted by a particular school” (within a debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.—The siddhānta (tenet, truth or conclusion) is of four kinds, viz. (1) that accepted by all the schools (sarvatantra siddhānta), (2) that accepted by a particular school (pratitantrasiddhānta), (3) that accepted hypothetically (adhikaraṇa siddhānta) and (4) that which is implied or accepted on assumption (abhyupagama siddhānta).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pratitantrasiddhanta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratitantrasiddhānta (प्रतितन्त्रसिद्धान्त).—a conclusion adopted by one of the disputants only; (vādiprativādyekataramātrābhyupagataḥ).

Derivable forms: pratitantrasiddhāntaḥ (प्रतितन्त्रसिद्धान्तः).

Pratitantrasiddhānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and tantrasiddhānta (तन्त्रसिद्धान्त).

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

Pratitantrasiddhānta (प्रतितन्त्रसिद्धान्त):—[=prati-tantra-siddhānta] [from prati-tantram > prati] m. a doctrine adopted in various systems (but not in all), [Nyāyasūtra; Caraka]

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Pratitantrasiddhanta 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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