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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyuddhāra (प्रत्युद्धार).—Offering, tendering.

Derivable forms: pratyuddhāraḥ (प्रत्युद्धारः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pratyuddhāra (प्रत्युद्धार).—m. (to praty-ud-dharati, q.v., but in somewhat different meaning; compare next), the act of taking back (approval, or a gift, once given): chanda-°raḥ Mahāvyutpatti 8477 = Tibetan dad pa phyir bsgyur ba (approving, then later changing); so Japanese, which understands the monkish rules of discipline as the object; Chin. first showing respect for another (person, or possibly thing) then going back on it; changing one's mind; so interpret pratyuddhāra-tām avabhāsa-tāṃ (q.v.) ca pratilabdhukāmena Śikṣāsamuccaya 140.6, by one who (wrong- fully) seeks to take back (probably a gift he has promised, see next)…

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

Pratyuddhāra (प्रत्युद्धार):—[=praty-uddhāra] [from praty-uddharaṇa] m. offering, tendering, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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, Uddhara.

Starts with: Pratyuddharana, Pratyuddharati.

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