Pratna: 9 definitions
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Pratna 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratna (प्रत्न).—a.
1) Old, ancient; आदित्प्रत्नस्य रेतसः (āditpratnasya retasaḥ) Ch. Up.3. 17.7.
2) Former.
3) Traditional, customary.
-tnam A kind of metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratna (प्रत्न).—mfn.
(-tnaḥ-tnā-tnaṃ) 1. Old, ancient. 2. Traditional, customary. E. pra for prage here said to mean old, tna aff. and ge rejected.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratna (प्रत्न).—[pra + tna], adj., f. nā, Old.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratna (प्रत्न).—[adjective] former, old, ancient; traditional, customary.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratna (प्रत्न):—[=pra-tna] mf(ā)n. former, preceding
2) [v.s. ...] ancient, old
3) [v.s. ...] traditional, customary, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] n. a kind of metre, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratna (प्रत्न):—[(tnaḥ-tnā-tnaṃ) a.] Old, ancient.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusPratna (ಪ್ರತ್ನ):—[adjective] made, produced sometime or long time ago; of times long past; ancient.
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Pratna (ಪ್ರತ್ನ):—
1) [noun] a thing that belongs to ancient times.
2) [noun] a kind of Saṃskřta metre.
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)
Starts with: Pratnatha, Pratnavant, Pratnavat.
Full-text: Pratnatha, Pratnavat, Pratnavant, Prina, Iyakshu, Tna, Prana, Pratana, Tha.
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