Pratividha, Pratividhā: 3 definitions
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Pratividha means something in 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratividhā (प्रतिविधा).—3 U.
1) To counteract, correct, repair, retaliate, remedy, take steps against; अर्थवाद एषः । दोषं तु मे कंचित् कथय येन स प्रतिविधीयेत (arthavāda eṣaḥ | doṣaṃ tu me kaṃcit kathaya yena sa pratividhīyeta) U. 1; क्षिप्रमेव कस्मान्न प्रतिविहितमार्येण (kṣiprameva kasmānna prativihitamāryeṇa) Mu.3.
2) To dispose, arrange, prepare.
3) To despatch, send.
4) To doom, condemn; Uttararāmacarita 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratividhā (प्रतिविधा).—arrange, prepare, make ready; counteract, take measures against ([locative]).
Pratividhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prativi and dhā (धा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratividhā (प्रतिविधा):—[=prati-vi-√dhā] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -dadhāti, -dhatte, to dispose, arrange, prepare, make ready, [Rāmāyaṇa];
—to despatch (spies), [ib.];
—to counteract, act against ([genitive case]), [Kādambarī];
—to contradict a conclusion, [Śaṃkarācārya]
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: Dha, Prativi, Ta.
Starts with: Pratividhana, Pratividhatavya.
Full-text: Prativihita, Pratividhitsa, Pratividhi, Pratividhatavya, Pratividheya, Pratividhana, Saparya.
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