Pratikartavya: 4 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pratikartavya (प्रतिकर्तव्य):—(wie eben) adj.

1) zu vergelten (im Guten oder Bösen). abzutragen (eine Schuld): duḥkhadvayamidaṃ bhadre katarasya cikīrṣasi . pratikartavyam [Mahābhārata 5, 6083.] mātāpitṛbhyāṃ sarveṇa jātena tanayena vai . ṛṇaṃ vai pratikartavyam [Harivaṃśa 4412.] mayāsmā ṛṇivatpratikartavyam [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 231. 255.] (takṣakāya) pratikartavyamityevaṃ yena me hiṃsitaḥ pitā [Mahābhārata 1, 2009.] sā bhīṣme pratikartavyamahaṃ paśyāmi sāṃpratam [5, 6009. 15, 93.] pratikartavye matiryā teyam (= ta iyam) diese deine Absicht Vergeltung zu üben [10, 141.] kṛte hi pratikartavyameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 7, 26.] ātmanastu hitaṃ puṇyaṃ pratikartavyamadya vai so v. a. du musst zum Ersatz Etwas thun, was dir heilsam ist, [Mahābhārata 15, 94.] —

2) dem man entgegenarbeiten —, entgegenwirken soll, kann: sa cāyamasmākamupasthitaḥ kulakṣayo bhavadbhiravahitaiḥ pratikartavyaḥ [Prabodhacandrodaja 19, 7.] yadā duḥkhamutpatsyate tadā tatpratikartavyam [Scholiast] zu [Kapila 1, 3.] kathaṃ ca pratikartavyaṃ teṣāṃ rāmeṇa rakṣasām [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 22, 13 (23, 16. 17 Gorresio).] —

3) ärztliche Hülfe zu leisten: anāthābhyupagatānāṃ cātmabāndhavānāmiva svabheṣajaiḥ pratikartavyam [Suśruta 1, 7, 12. fgg.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Pratikartavya (प्रतिकर्तव्य):——

1) Adj. — a) zu vergelten (im Guten oder Bösen) , Jmd (Gen.) , als Ersatz zu thun. — b) abzutragen (eine Schund). — c) dem man entgegenarbeiten , — entgegenwirken soll oder kann.

2) n. impers. — a) zu vergelten , — Jmd (Dat. oder Loc.). vye matiḥ die Absicht Vergeltung zu üben. — b) zu bezahlen , als Schuld abzutragen Jmd (Dat.). — c) Jmd (Gen.) entgegenzuarbeiten , entgegenzuwirken. — d) Jmd (Gen.) ärztliche Hülfe zu leisten.

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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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