The Sanskrit term Pravaktṛ can be transliterated into English as Pravaktr or Pravaktri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravaktṛ (प्रवक्तृ).—m.

1) One who declares or relates, a speaker, declarer.

2) A teacher, expounder; धर्मप्रवक्ता नृपतेर्न तु शूद्रः कथंचन (dharmapravaktā nṛpaterna tu śūdraḥ kathaṃcana) Manusmṛti 8.2; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.73.

3) An orator, eloquent man.

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

Pravaktṛ (प्रवक्तृ).—mfn. (-ktā-ktrī-ktṛ) Who speaks or declares. m.

(-ktā) A teacher, an expounder, an orator. E. pra before, vac to speak, tṛc aff.

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

Pravaktṛ (प्रवक्तृ).—i. e. pra-vac + tṛ, m. A teacher, a propounder, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 180; 4, 162.

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

Pravaktṛ (प्रवक्तृ).—[masculine] speaker, announcer, expounder, teacher.

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

1) Pravaktṛ (प्रवक्तृ):—[=pra-vaktṛ] [from pra-vac] mfn. one who tells or imparts or relates, [Yājñavalkya]

2) [v.s. ...] a good speaker, [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] an announcer, expounder, teacher (-tva n.), [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] the first relater of a legend (ifc. -ka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pravaktṛ (प्रवक्तृ):—[pra-vaktṛ] (ktā-ktrī-ktṛ) a. Speaking; teaching. m. A teacher.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pravaktṛ (ಪ್ರವಕ್ತೃ):—[noun] he who explains, interprets clearly.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vaktri, Pra.

Starts with: Pravaktrika, Pravaktritva.

Ends with: Apravaktri, Dharmapravaktri, Kramapravaktri, Natyashastrapravaktri.

Full-text: Dharmapravaktri, Pravaktritva, Kramapravaktri, Pravacana, Apravaktri, Natyashastrapravaktri.

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