Alternative spellings of this word include Pratyanayan.

In Hinduism

Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kāmasūtra)

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन) refers to the “restoration (of passion)”, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyana and Jaśodhara’s commentary called the Jayamaṅgalā .—Accordingly, “[When you are] about to practise sex, [first you should] rub her genitalia with your hand, and when there is dampness, the sexual act can be commenced. This is the restoration of passion (rāga-pratyānayana)”.

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Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन) refers to “restoration (of adverse effects for all Nāgas)”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Bhagavān taught the detailed offering-manual], “[...] Then it should be threatened with a pomegranate branch. It rises up and shows its tongue. It appears all night long. All Nāgas become subdued. Whatever one says, it does that. Milk and mustard seeds should be enchanted with the mantra 108 times. If it is scattered everywhere, there is the restoration (pratyānayana) [of adverse effects] for all [Nāgas]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन).—Bringing back, recovery.

Derivable forms: pratyānayanam (प्रत्यानयनम्).

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

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Bringing back, recovering. E. prati, āṅ before, ṇī to lead, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन).—i. e. prati -ā-nī + ana, n. Bringing back, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 5, 11.

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

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन).—[neuter] leading or bringing back.

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

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन):—[=praty-ānayana] [from pratyā-nī] n. leading or bringing back, recovery, restoration, [Harivaṃśa; Vikramorvaśī; Kādambarī]

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

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन):—[pratyā+nayana] (naṃ) 1. n. Bringing back.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paccāṇayaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratyanayana in German

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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 dictionary

Pratyānayana (प्रत्यानयन) [Also spelled pratyanayan]:—(nm) restitution; ~[nīta] restituted.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Prati, Anayana.

Full-text: Paccanayana, Pratyanayan, Raga, Ni.

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