Pritana, Pṛtanā, Pṛtana: 13 definitions
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Pritana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Pṛtanā and Pṛtana can be transliterated into English as Prtana or Pritana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPṛtanā (पृतना).—The name of a division of the army. (See under Akṣauhiṇī).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypṛtanā (पृतना).—f S An army. Ex. pṛ0 vastrēṅkarūna || ghātalēṃ pṛthvīsa pālāṇa ||.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpṛtanā (पृतना).—f An army.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPṛtana (पृतन).—Ved.
1) A hostile encounter.
2) An army.
Derivable forms: pṛtanam (पृतनम्).
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Pṛtanā (पृतना).—
1) An army (in general).
2) A division of an army consisting of 243 elephants, as many chariots, 729 horse, and 1215 foot; see अक्षौहिणी (akṣauhiṇī).
3) Battle, fight, encounter.
4) A hostile army.
5) (pl.) Men, mankind (Ved.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛtanā (पृतना).—f.
(-nā) 1. An army. 2. A small army or division consisting of 243 elephants, as many chariots, 729 horse, and 1215 foot. 3. Fight, encounter. E. pṛ to fill, tanan aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛtanā (पृतना).—f., the base of many cases is pṛt. 1. Battle,
Pṛtana (पृतन).—[neuter] hostile army; [feminine] ā the same or = [preceding]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pṛtana (पृतन):—[from pṛt] n. an army or a hostile encounter, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]
2) Pṛtanā (पृतना):—[from pṛtana > pṛt] a f. See next.
3) [v.s. ...] b f. battle, contest, strife, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] a hostile armament, army, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (in later times [especially] a small army or division consisting of 243 elephants, as many chariots, 729 horse, and 1215 foot = 3 Vāhinīs)
5) [v.s. ...] [plural] men, mankind, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii.3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛtanā (पृतना):—(nā) 1. f. An army; a detachment; 243 elephants and chariots, 729 horse, 1215 foot.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pṛtanā (पृतना) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Piaṇā.
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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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPṛtanā (पृतना):—n. 1. an army in general; 2. a division of army;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Pritanadhikara, Pritanahava, Pritanaj, Pritanaja, Pritanajaya, Pritanaji, Pritanajit, Pritanajya, Pritanani, Pritanapati, Pritanasah, Pritanasaha, Pritanashahya, Pritanay, Pritanaya, Pritanayu.
Full-text (+18): Pritanasah, Pritanashahya, Pritanani, Pritanajit, Pritanapati, Pritanajaya, Pritanadhikara, Pritanasaha, Prit, Pritanya, Akshauhini, Pritanaj, Pritanajya, Putana, Pritanaja, Pritanahava, Pritanaji, Prutna, Pritanay, Piana.
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