Pratyabhijna, Pratyabhijñā: 10 definitions
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Pratyabhijna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Pratybhigya.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramPratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा) refers to an “act of recognition” representing the Tantric system expounded by Somānanda, according to Abhinava’s Tantrāloka.—Recognition (pratyabhijñā) is the basis of all knowledge, including that of empirically definable entities, whether physical or ideal. This knowledge, however, is only partial if it stops short of insight into their ultimate nature that is understood to be the complete (pūrṇa) recognition that they are all essentially manifestations of Śiva.
Note: Abhinava incorporated the Śāmbhava state of the Kaula systems he valued into that of the Pratyabhijñā. This system was originally formulated by Somānanda, whom Abhinava venerates as the teacher who first formulated (but without specifically defining) this ‘practice’ which is ‘no practice’. The phenomenological theology of the Pratyabhijñā culminated in Utpaladeva’s exposition of the absolute ego. This is attained by an act of recognition (the meaning of the word pratyabhijñā). This Abhinava understood to be anupāya—No-means. Its corresponding state, the Absolute itself, he called anuttara and understood it to be, amongst other things, the culmination and ultimate condition of the Śāmbhava means and the state to which it leads.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaiva philosophy
Source: archive.org: Chittanubodha Shastram By Bhaskara KanthaPratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा) (lit. “divine recognition”) refers to a philosophical branch of Kashmir Śaivism.—Utpaladeva has laid the foundations for this philosophy in his Īśvarapratyabhijñā Kārikās, which have been twice exhaustively commented upon by Abhinavagupta. According to the Pratyabhijñā doctrine the only way to liberation is the recognition of our own divine nature. There is no question of becoming something which we were not already, but of removing the veil and the dirt (mala) covering the luminous nature of Śiva in us. The aim is nothing but jīvanmukti (liberation in this life itself), which means living in the uninterrupted consciousness of Śiva as our very own nature.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा).—9 U.
1) To recognize; ततस्ते प्रत्यभिज्ञाय अर्जुनाय न्यवेदयन् (tataste pratyabhijñāya arjunāya nyavedayan) Rām.7.33.5.
2) To come to oneself, recover consciousness.
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Pratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा).—
1) Knowing, recognition; सप्रत्यभिज्ञमिव मामवलोक्य (sapratyabhijñamiva māmavalokya) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.25.
2) (Phil.) A particular type of knowledge; ननु केयं प्रत्यभिज्ञा नाम न तावदेकस्यातीतवर्तमानकाल- द्वयसम्बन्धविषयं प्रत्यक्षज्ञानं प्रत्यमिज्ञा, प्रत्यक्षज्ञानस्य वर्तमानमात्रार्थ- ग्राहित्वात् (nanu keyaṃ pratyabhijñā nāma na tāvadekasyātītavartamānakāla- dvayasambandhaviṣayaṃ pratyakṣajñānaṃ pratyamijñā, pratyakṣajñānasya vartamānamātrārtha- grāhitvāt) Vivaraṇaprameya-samgraha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा).—f., and pratyabhijñāna pratyabhijñāna, n., i. e. prati-abhi-jñā, without aff. and with ana, Recognition Bhāṣāp. 159 (jñā).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा).—[feminine] na [neuter] recognition.
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Pratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा).—recognize again, notice, understand, come to one’s self, recover one’s consciousness.
Pratyabhijñā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pratyabhi and jñā (ज्ञा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा):—[=praty-abhi-√jñā] a [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -jānāti, -jānīte, to recognize, remember, know, understand, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to come to one’s self, recover consciousness, [Kathāsaritsāgara] :
—[Causal] -jñāpayati, to recall to mind, [Śaṃkarācārya]
2) [=praty-abhijñā] [from pratyabhi-jñā] b f. recognition, [Kapila; Bhāṣāpariccheda] etc. (ifc. jña mfn., [Daśakumāra-carita; Rājataraṅgiṇī])
3) [v.s. ...] regaining knowledge or recognition (of the identify of the Supreme and individual soul), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paccabhijāṇa.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPratyabhijñā (प्रत्यभिज्ञा) [Also spelled pratybhigya]:—(nf) recognition, identification; —[darśana] a philosophical school which recognises Lord Shiv as the Supreme Power i.e. Brahm.
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Partial matches: Jna, Prati, Abhijna.
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Ends with: Dutpratyabhijna, Ishvarapratyabhijna, Vrittapratyabhijna.
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