Pratiyat: 3 definitions
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Pratiyat 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 dictionaryPratiyat (प्रतियत्).—1 Ā. To try; वयमप्याश्रमपीडा यथा न भविष्यति तथा प्रतियतिष्यामहे (vayamapyāśramapīḍā yathā na bhaviṣyati tathā pratiyatiṣyāmahe) Ś.1.32/33 (v. l.) -Caus.
1) To restore, return.
2) To retaliate, requite.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratiyat (प्रतियत्).—thwart, oppose; retaliate, requite.
Pratiyat is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and yat (यत्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratiyat (प्रतियत्):—[=prati-√yat] [Ātmanepada] -yatate, to guard against, counteract, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śakuntalā i, 32/33] ([varia lectio]) :
—[Causal] yātayati, to retaliate, requite (with vairam, or raṇi, ‘to take revenge’), [Mahābhārata]
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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Starts with: Pratiyata, Pratiyatabuddhi, Pratiyatana, Pratiyatane, Pratiyatanidra, Pratiyati, Pratiyatna, Pratiyatta.
Ends with: Apratiyat.
Full-text: Pratiyatana, Pratiyatta, Pratiyatna, Abhijnana.
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