Pravrittilekha, Pravṛttilekha, Pravritti-lekha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Pravṛttilekha can be transliterated into English as Pravrttilekha or Pravrittilekha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPravṛttilekha (प्रवृत्तिलेख).—a writ of guidance; प्रावृत्तिकश्च प्रतिलेख एव (prāvṛttikaśca pratilekha eva) Kau. A.2.1.28.
Derivable forms: pravṛttilekhaḥ (प्रवृत्तिलेखः).
Pravṛttilekha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pravṛtti and lekha (लेख).
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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