Pratyenas, Prati-enas: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyenas (प्रत्येनस्).—m.

1) an officer of justice (who punishes criminals); Bṛ. Up.4.3.7.

2) a heir responsible for the debts of the deceased; surety.

Pratyenas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and enas (एनस्).

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

1) Pratyenas (प्रत्येनस्):—[=praty-enas] [from praty > prati] (praty-) m. an officer of justice, punisher of criminals, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] (praty-) a surety, the heir nearest of kin who is responsible for the debts of a deceased person, [Kāṭhaka; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]

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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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