Prativadin, Prativādin, Prativādī, Prativadi: 14 definitions

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Prativadin means something in Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Prativādin (प्रतिवादिन्) refers to a “refuter”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 165, l. 15]—‘Vādin’ and ‘prativādin’ may remind one of a plaintiff and a defendant. They may be translated as objector and refuter. The word ‘vādin’ occurs in Vol. II on p. 63, l.15, too. Similarly, ‘prativādin’ is met with in Vol. II on p. 63, ll. 15 & 19, and ‘siddhāntavādin’ in Vol. II on p. 135, l. 21 & p. 136, l. 25.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Prativādī (प्रतिवादी).—m (S) A defendant, replicant, respondent.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

Prativādī (प्रतिवादी).—m A defendant, respondent.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prativādin (प्रतिवादिन्).—a.

1) Answering, replying.

2) Contradicting. -m.

1) A defendant, respondent (in law); कारणे प्रतिवादिनि (kāraṇe prativādini) Y.

2) An opponent in general.

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

Prativādin (प्रतिवादिन्).—m. (-dī) 1. A defendant, a respondent, (in law.) 2. An opponent. E. prati again and vādin who speaks.

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

Prativādin (प्रतिवादिन्).—[adjective] contradicting, disobedient; [masculine] adversary, opponent; defendant ([jurisprudence]).

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

1) Prativādin (प्रतिवादिन्):—[=prati-vādin] [from prati-vad] mfn. contradicting, disobedient (See a-prativ)

2) [v.s. ...] answering, rejoining, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] m. an opponent, adversary, [Mālavikāgnimitra; Varāha-mihira’s Yogayātrā]

4) [v.s. ...] m. a defendant, respondent (di-tā f.), [Yājñavalkya; Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti]

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

Prativādin (प्रतिवादिन्):—[prati-vādin] (dī) 5. m. A defendant.

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

Prativādin (प्रतिवादिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paivāi, Paḍivāi.

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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

Prativādī (प्रतिवादी):—(nm) a defendant; respondent; —[pakṣa] defence, respondent’s side; hence [prativāditā] (nf).

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prativādi (ಪ್ರತಿವಾದಿ):—

1) [noun] a man who opposes, refutes, argues against or who has an entirely different or opposing view.

2) [noun] the defending party; a man sued or accused; a defendant.

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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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