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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratiyatna (प्रतियत्न).—a.

1) Troubling about.

2) Active, vigorous.

-tnaḥ 1 An effort, endeavour, exertion.

2) Preparation, elaboration; 'प्रतियत्नस्तु संस्कारः (pratiyatnastu saṃskāraḥ)' Vaijayantī सुगन्धि- तामप्रतियत्नपूर्वां बिभ्रन्ति यत्र प्रमदाय पुंसाम् (sugandhi- tāmapratiyatnapūrvāṃ bibhranti yatra pramadāya puṃsām) Śiśupālavadha 3.54.

3) Making complete or perfect.

4) Imparting a new quality or virtue; सतो गुणान्तराधानं प्रतियत्नः (sato guṇāntarādhānaṃ pratiyatnaḥ) Kāṣi. on P.II.3.53.

5) Wish, desire.

6) Opposition, resistance.

7) Retaliation, retribution, revenge.

8) Making captive, taking prisoner.

9) Favour.

1) Acting well or properly.

11) Comprehension.

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

Pratiyatna (प्रतियत्न).—mfn.

(-tnaḥ-tnā-tnaṃ) Active, vigorous, diligent, making effort or exertion. m.

(-tnaḥ) 1. Desire, wish. 2. Taking prisoner, making captive. 3. Comprehension. 4. Acting well or properly. 5. Acquiring a new virtue or accomplishment. 6. Making complete or perfect. 7. A making or preparing. 8. Retaliating, recrimination, revenge. 9. Opposition, counteration. E. prati much or against and yatna effort.

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

Pratiyatna (प्रतियत्न).—[masculine] care for anything, effort, endeavour; arrangement, preparation.

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

1) Pratiyatna (प्रतियत्न):—[=prati-yatna] [from prati-yat] m. care bestowed upon anything, effort, endeavour, exertion, [Pāṇini 1-3, 32]

2) [v.s. ...] [ii. 3, 53 etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] preparation, elaboration, manufacture, [Śiśupāla-vadha iii, 54] (cf. a-prati-pūrva)

4) [v.s. ...] imparting a new quality or virtue, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 2-3, 53]

5) [v.s. ...] retaliation, requital, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) [v.s. ...] (also = lipsā, upagraha or haṇa, nigrahādi, grahaṇādi, pratigraha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

7) [v.s. ...] mfn. exerting one’s self, taking care or trouble, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] cautious, heedful, [Jātakamālā]

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

Pratiyatna (प्रतियत्न):—[prati-yatna] (tnaḥ) 1. m. Desire; capture.; captive; comprehension; worthy endeavour; preparing; revenge. a. Active, diligent.

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context information

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

Pratiyatna (ಪ್ರತಿಯತ್ನ):—

1) [noun] an action to counteract another; a reaction.

2) [noun] an earnest attempt or effort; an endeavour.

3) [noun] the act of revenging; vengeance.

4) [noun] a wish; a desire.

5) [noun] the act of comprehending, imprisoning.

6) [noun] the action of opposing, resisting or combating; opposition.

context information

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: Yatna, Prati.

Ends with: Apratiyatna.

Full-text: Apratiyatna, Apratiyatnapurva, Piratiyattanam, Pratiyatana, Apratiyatnapurvva, Gunadhana, Upagrahana, Racana, Samskara.

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