Pratyavaya, Pratyavāya: 12 definitions

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pratyavaya in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय).—m (S) Sinfulness or criminality. 2 Badness, hurtfulness, harm, objectionable ground in general;--used of things or actions of which by the use or the commission sin is contracted. Hence used freely in the sense of Matter, moment, importance, consequence; as asēṃ kēlyānēṃ kāya pra0; śambhara āmbē āṇa mhaṇūna sāṅgitalēṃ parantu ēka dōna adhika uṇē asalē mhaṇajē pra0 nāhīṃ. In these latter senses it requires neg. con.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय).—m Sinfulness. Harm. An obstacle. Matter, moment.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pratyavaya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय).—

1) Decrease, diminution.

2) An obstacle, impediment; danger; कुमारेण बहुप्रत्यवायेऽस्मिन् प्रदेशे कुतूहलिना न स्थातव्यम् (kumāreṇa bahupratyavāye'smin pradeśe kutūhalinā na sthātavyam) Nāg.4; Uttararāmacarita 1.8.

3) A contrary or opposite course, contrariety; उत्तमानुत्तमान् गच्छन् हीनान् हीनांश्च वर्जयन् । ब्राह्मणः श्रेष्ठतामेति प्रत्यवायेन शूद्रताम् (uttamānuttamān gacchan hīnān hīnāṃśca varjayan | brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhatāmeti pratyavāyena śūdratām) || Manusmṛti 4.245.

4) A sin, an offence, sinfulness; अनुत्पत्तिं तथा चान्ये प्रत्यवायस्य मन्वते (anutpattiṃ tathā cānye pratyavāyasya manvate) Jābāli; नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते (nehābhikramanāśo'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.4

5) Disappointment.

6) Disappearance of an existing thing.

7) Non-production of what does not exist.

Derivable forms: pratyavāyaḥ (प्रत्यवायः).

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

Pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. Sin. 2. Disappearance, either of what exists or nonproduction of what does not exist. 3. Reverse, contrary course or proceeding. 4. Disappointment. 5. Disarrangement. E. prati and ava before, iṇ to go, aff. ac .

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

Pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय).—i. e. prati-ava -i + a, m. 1. Decrease, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 2, 40. 2. Disappearance. 3. Disappointment, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 188, 10. 4. Reverse, contrary course, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 245. 5. Disadvantage, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 12, 13. 6. Sin, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 202, 15.

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

Pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय).—[masculine] decrease, diminution; inversion, inverted order; annoyance, uneasiness; offence, sin.

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

1) Pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय):—[=praty-avāya] [from praty-ave] m. decrease, diminution, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] reverse, contrary course, opposite, conduct, [Manu-smṛti iv, 245]

3) [v.s. ...] annoyance, disappointment, [Śakuntalā; Prabodha-candrodaya]

4) [v.s. ...] offence, sin, sinfulness, [Āpastamba; Vedāntasāra]

5) [v.s. ...] disappearance of what exists or non-production of what does not exist, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय):—[pratya-vāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Sin; non-appearance; reverse, disappointment.

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

Pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paccavāya, Paccavāy.

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Pratyavaya 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pratyavaya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pratyavāya (ಪ್ರತ್ಯವಾಯ):—

1) [noun] the damage, trouble, disadvantage, deprivation caused or incurred.

2) [noun] that which impedes, hinders; an impediment; a hindrance.

3) [noun] an offence committed against religion, morals, god etc.; a sin.

4) [noun] a being separated (esp. the one caused against one’s will); separation.

5) [noun] an opposed condition; resistance, contradiction, contrast, hostility, etc.; opposition.

6) [noun] the fact of being defeated; defeat.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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