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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prativahana (प्रतिवहन).—Leading back.

Derivable forms: prativahanam (प्रतिवहनम्).

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

Prativahana (प्रतिवहन).—nt. (n. act. to prec.), opposition, rejec- tion, disobedience: °nam Mahāvyutpatti 6607 = Tibetan slar bzlog pa, turning back; (arthabhūtam) anartha-prativahana-tayā Gaṇḍavyūha 496.8, it is of the nature of advantage, because it goes counter to disadvantages; dharmarājājñāprativahanatayā (i.e. °ājñā-aprati°) Gaṇḍavyūha 464.8, because of not disobeying the com- mands of…

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

1) Prativahana (प्रतिवहन):—[=prati-vahana] [from prati-vah] n. leading back, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] beating back, warding off, [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.

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Partial matches: Prati, Vahana.

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