Pratyaghata, Pratyāghāta, Prati-aghata: 5 definitions
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Pratyaghata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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 Pratyaghat.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypratyāghāta (प्रत्याघात).—m S Reaction, return of impulse or impression.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpratyāghāta (प्रत्याघात).—m Reaction.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratyāghāta (प्रत्याघात).—
1) a counter-stroke.
2) reaction.
Derivable forms: pratyāghātaḥ (प्रत्याघातः).
Pratyāghāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and āghāta (आघात).
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPratyāghāta (प्रत्याघात) [Also spelled pratyaghat]:—(nm) counter-impact; counter-stroke, counter-blow.
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Partial matches: Prati, Aghata.
Starts with: Pratyaghataka.
Full-text: Pratyaghat.
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