Pratikriya, Pratikriyā: 13 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Pratikriya in Sanskrit glossary

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

Pratikriyā (प्रतिक्रिया):—(von 1. kar mit prati) f.

1) Wiedererstattung, Vergeltung (im Guten und Bösen): bhaikṣyeṇāpyarjayiṣyāmi punarnyāsapratikriyām [Mṛcchakaṭikā 53, 13.] vaira [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 124.] santaḥ parārthaṃ kurvāṇā nāvekṣante pratikriyām [Sāvitryupākhyāna 5, 48.] yogyāṃ pratikriyāṃ vidmo vayamapyupakartṛṣu [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 236.] [Mahābhārata 5, 6094.] śatru [13, 5965.] [Harivaṃśa 11222. 7022.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 125. 14, 44.] mahatāmanukampā hi viruddheṣu pratikriyā [39, 229. 49, 234. 50, 76.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 42. 132, 15.] —

2) Widerstand; Abwehr, Abhülfe [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 92.] vidhāsyāmi tasya (rāmasya) pratikriyām [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 1, 5.] anāvṛṣṭi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 8, 13.] [Suśruta 1, 18, 14.] vighna [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 4.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 15, 113.] prāyo śubhasya kāryasya kālahāraḥ pratikriyā [31, 75.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 76. 3, 396.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 72, 23.] tadetasyāṃ (so ist wohl für etasyā zu lesen) mayāvaśyaṃ kāryā manyupratikriyā so v. a. ich muss meinem Aerger Luft machen [Kathāsaritsāgara 42, 75.] Am Ende eines adj. comp.: ananyapratikriya keinen andern Ausweg habend [Spr. 1949.] vyādhipratikriyatvācca vidyate rasanaṃ drume weil es Krankheiten abwehrt [Mahābhārata 12, 6835.] —

3) Pflege: śarīrasya [Mahābhārata 12, 2187.]

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Pratikriyā (प्रतिक्रिया):—

2) pūrotpīḍe taḍāgasya parīvāhaḥ pratikriyā [UTTARARĀMAC. 56, 12 (73, 5).]

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

Pratikriyā (प्रतिक्रिया):—f.

1) Wiedervergeltung (im Guten und Bösen). Das sächliche Object im Comp. vorangehend , das persönliche im Gen. ([107,12]), Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend. —

2) Wiedererstattung.

3) Widerstand , Abwehr , Abhülfe. manyupratikriyāṃ kar so v.a. an Jmd (Gen. , aber Loc. zu vermuthen) seinem Aerger Luft machen. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. so v.a. abwehrend , vertreibend (eine Krankheit) ; Nom.abstr. tva n.

4) Schmückung (des Korpers) [Mahābhārata 12,59,6.]

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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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