The Sanskrit terms Prativeśya and Prātiveśya can be transliterated into English as Prativesya or Prativeshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Prativeśya.—(CII 1), a neighbour. Note: prativeśya is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

See also (synonyms): Prātiveśika.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prativeśya (प्रतिवेश्य).—A neighbour.

Derivable forms: prativeśyaḥ (प्रतिवेश्यः).

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Prātiveśya (प्रातिवेश्य).—

1) A neighbour (in general).

2) A nextdoor neighbour (nirantaragṛhavāsī Kull.); Manusmṛti 8.392.

Derivable forms: prātiveśyaḥ (प्रातिवेश्यः).

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Prativeśya (प्रतिवेश्य).—a neighbour.

Derivable forms: prativeśyaḥ (प्रतिवेश्यः).

Prativeśya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and veśya (वेश्य).

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

Prativeśya (प्रतिवेश्य).—m.

(-śyaḥ) A neighbour.

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Prātiveśya (प्रातिवेश्य).—m.

(-śyaḥ) A next-door-neighbour. E. prativeśa, and ṣyañ aff.

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

Prātiveśya (प्रातिवेश्य).—i. e. prativeśa + ya, and prātiveśyaka prātiveśya + ka, m. A next-door neighbour, a neighbour, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 392; [Pañcatantra] 164. 14.

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

Prātiveśya (प्रातिवेश्य).—[adjective] neighbouring; [masculine] a neighbour living opposite, neighbour i.[grammar]

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

1) Prativeśya (प्रतिवेश्य):—[=prati-veśya] m. a neighbour, [Mahābhārata]

2) Prātiveśya (प्रातिवेश्य):—[=prāti-veśya] [from prāti] mfn. ([from] -veśa) neighbouring, [Harṣacarita] (also ifc. [Yājñavalkya])

3) [v.s. ...] m. an opposite neighbour, [Manu-smṛti viii, 392] (cf. ānuveśya)

4) [v.s. ...] any n°, [Mahābhārata; Daśakumāra-carita]

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

Prātiveśya (प्रातिवेश्य):—[prāti-veśya] (śyaḥ) 1. m. A neighbour.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prativeshya 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prātivēśya (ಪ್ರಾತಿವೇಶ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] a man living in the neighbouring house; a neighbour.

2) [noun] a man living in a different portion of the same house.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Veshya, Prati.

Starts with: Prativeshyaka.

Ends with: Brahmanaprativeshya, Tirahkritaprativeshya, Tirahprativeshya.

Full-text: Prativeshyaka, Prativeshika, Brahmanaprativeshya, Anuveshya, Tirahkritaprativeshya, Tirahprativeshya, Tiras, Tiraskrita.

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