Pratyavaskandana: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratyavaskandana (प्रत्यवस्कन्दन).—(In law) A special plea; admitting a fact, but qualifying it in such a manner that it may not appear as a count of accusation.
Derivable forms: pratyavaskandanam (प्रत्यवस्कन्दनम्).
See also (synonyms): pratyavaskanda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyavaskandana (प्रत्यवस्कन्दन):—[=praty-avaskandana] [from pratyava-skanda] n. a special plea at law (admitting a fact, but qualifying or explaining it so as not to allow it to be a matter of accusation), [Bṛhasp.]
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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, Avaskandana.
Full-text: Pratyavaskanda, Karana.
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