Pratyavara, Prati-avara: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratyavara (प्रत्यवर).—a.
1) lower, less honoured; पुरावरान् प्रत्यवरान् गरीयसः (purāvarān pratyavarān garīyasaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.94.12.
2) very low or degrading, very insignificant; Manusmṛti 1.19.
Pratyavara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and avara (अवर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyavara (प्रत्यवर).—i. e. prati-avara, adj. Lower, less valued, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 109.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyavara (प्रत्यवर).—[adjective] lower, meaner, viler.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyavara (प्रत्यवर):—[=praty-avara] [from praty > prati] mfn. lower, more insignificant, less honoured than, ([ablative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyavara (प्रत्यवर):—[pratya+vara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Inferior, worst.
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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, Prati, Avara.
Starts with: Pratyavarakalam.
Ends with: Bharapratyavara.
Full-text: Pratyavarakalam, Pratyapara, Paccora.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.109 < [Section XIII - The Brāhmaṇa in Times of Distress]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
The Indian art of debate according to the Carakasaṃhitā < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 24 - The Superintendent of Agriculture < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)