The Sanskrit term Prativiṣṇu can be transliterated into English as Prativisnu or Prativishnu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: WikiPedia: Jainism

Prativiṣṇu (प्रतिविष्णु) (or Prativāsudeva, Pratinārāyaṇa) refers to the nine antagonistic counterparts of the nine Vāsudevas, mentioned in both Śvetāmbara and Digambara literature.—In every half time cycle, there are 9 sets of Balabhadras (gentle heroes), Vasudevas (violent heroes) and Prativāsudevas (anti-heroes). Unlike in the Hindu Puranas, the names Balabhadra and Narayana are not restricted to Balarama and Krishna in Jain Puranas. Instead they serve as names of two distinct classes of mighty half brothers, who appear nine times in each half of the time cycles of the Jain cosmology and jointly rule half the earth as half-chakravarti. Ultimately Pratinaryana is killed by Narayana for his unrighteousness and immorality.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Prativiṣṇu (प्रतिविष्णु).—Ind. (-ṣṇu) To or in place of Vishnu. E. prati, and viṣṇu the deity so named.

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

1) Prativiṣṇu (प्रतिविष्णु):—[=prati-viṣṇu] ind. at every (image of) Viṣṇu, [Vopadeva]

2) [v.s. ...] towards V°, in place of V°, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Prativiṣṇu (प्रतिविष्णु):—[prati-viṣṇu] (ṣṇu) adv. To Vishnu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prativishnu 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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Partial matches: Vishnu, Prati.

Starts with: Prativishnuka.

Full-text (+12): Vasudeva, Narayana, Rajendra, Vishnu, Haripura, Pratinarayana, Garudadhvaja, Ardhacakradhara, Upendrasena, Ashvagala, Ashvakandhara, Ardhacakrin, Sharngapani, Sharngabhrit, Hari, Sharngin, Ashvagriva, Rajasimha, Hayagriva, Mayuragriva.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 9: Bali’s birth as the Prativiṣṇu Meraka < [Chapter III - Vimalanāthacaritra]

Part 12: Incarnation of Vindhyaśakti as Tāraka < [Chapter II - Vāsupūjyacaritra]

Part 1: Invocation < [Chapter I - Origin of the Rākṣasavaṃśa and Vānaravaṃśa]

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