The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭhatas can be transliterated into English as Prsthatas or Prishthatas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pṛṣṭhatas (पृष्ठतस्).—ind.

1) Behind, behind the back, from behind; गच्छतः पृष्ठतोऽन्वियात् (gacchataḥ pṛṣṭhato'nviyāt) Manusmṛti 4.154;8.3; नमः पुरस्ता- दथ पृष्ठतस्ते (namaḥ purastā- datha pṛṣṭhataste) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11.4.

2) Towards the back, backwards; गच्छ पृष्ठतः (gaccha pṛṣṭhataḥ).

3) On the back.

4) Behind the back, secretly, covertly. (pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛ means

1) to place on the back, leave behind.

2) to neglect, forsake, abandon.

3) to renounce, desist from, leave off, resign; yenāśāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā nairāśyamavalambitam H.1.124; lajjāṃ pṛṣṭataḥ kṛtvā K.; pṛṣṭhato gam to follow; pṛṣṭhato bhū

1) to stand at the back.

2) to be disregarded.)

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

Pṛṣṭhatas (पृष्ठतस्).—Ind. 1. Behind, at the back of. 2. Backwards. 3. Secretly, covertly. E. pṛṣṭha the back, and tasi aff.

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

Pṛṣṭhatas (पृष्ठतस्).—[pṛṣṭha + tas], adv. and prep. (with the gen.). 1. Behind, at the back of, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 30, 11; with gam, To follow, Panc. 9. 1; to pursue, 172, 17. 2. On the back, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 300. 3. Backward, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 49, 33. 4. Secretly, Mahābhārata 13, 5046. 5. With kṛ, To postpone, to renounce, Mahābhārata 1, 6694.

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

Pṛṣṭhatas (पृष्ठतस्).—[adverb] from the back, from behind; at the back of, behind ([genetive] or —°); with the back i.e. with averted face; behind the back i.e. secretly, privately. — With kṛ take on the back; place behind the back i.e. neglect, forsake, abandon.

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

1) Pṛṣṭhatas (पृष्ठतस्):—[=pṛṣṭha-tas] [from pṛṣṭha] ind. from or on or behind the back, behind (with [genitive case] or ifc.)

2) [v.s. ...] to the back, backwards

3) [v.s. ...] secretly, covertly, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc. (with √kṛ, to place on the back, [Rāmāyaṇa]; to neglect, abandon, forsake, give up, renounce, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.; with √gam, to go behind, follow, pursue, [Pañcatantra]; with √bhū, to be behind, be disregarded or of no account, [Mahābhārata])

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

Pṛṣṭhatas (पृष्ठतस्):—[pṛṣṭha-tas] adv. Behind.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prishthatas in German

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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: Prishtha, Tas.

Full-text: Prishthatomukha, Prishthatobhavam, Jatharena, Prishthaja, Lagna, Lag.

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