The Sanskrit term Pratyayalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Pratyayalaksana or Pratyayalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Pratyayalakṣaṇa (प्रत्ययलक्षण).—An operation caused by an affix which takes place even though the affix is elided: e.g. the term षद (ṣada) is applied to अग्निचित्, सोमसुत् (agnicit, somasut) etc. on account of the words ending with a case affix although the affix of the nom. sing. has been elided; cf. प्रत्ययलोपे प्रत्ययलक्षणम् (pratyayalope pratyayalakṣaṇam). P.I.1. 62 and Kas, thereon.

context information

Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Pratyayalakṣaṇa (प्रत्ययलक्षण) refers to the “essential character of condition”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[Characteristics of behavior of all beings] [...] The behaviour’s essence, essential character, the essential character of cause, the essential character of condition (pratyayalakṣaṇa), the essential character of productive cause, the essential character of combination, the essential character of difference, the essential character of discordance, the essential character of passion, the essential character of aversion, the essential character of delusion, the essential character of the three together, the essential character of hell-beings, the essential character of animals [...]—he knows all the essential characters of behavior truly as they are, and there is no fault at all in his understanding”.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Lakshana, Pratyaya.

Full-text: Varnashraya, Vidhana, Lu, Lopa, Lup.

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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)

Verse 3.14.121 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]

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