Pratyaditya, Pratyāditya, Prati-aditya: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratyāditya (प्रत्यादित्य).—a mock sun.
Derivable forms: pratyādityaḥ (प्रत्यादित्यः).
Pratyāditya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and āditya (आदित्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratyāditya (प्रत्यादित्य):—[=praty-āditya] [from praty > prati] m. a mock sun, parhelion, [Atharva-veda.Pariś.; Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] ([in the beginning of a compound]) towards the sun (e.g. p-guda, one whose hinder parts are t° the s°, [Suśruta])
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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: Praty, Aditya, Prati.
Full-text: Viravin.
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