Prativacana: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrativacana (प्रतिवचन):—(1. pra + va) n.
1) Nachsatz [Yāska’s Nirukta 6, 15.] —
2) Antwort [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 26.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 23, 1.] prativacanamuccaiḥ praṇamitam [Spr. 721.] dehi me priyaṃ vacanam [Prabodhacandrodaja 90, 12.] [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [?S. 281. zu Chāndogyopaniṣad S. 15.] dīyatāmasmai pratyayaprativacanam [Śākuntala 67, 6.] pṛṣṭa [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 120. 8, 2, 93.] prativacanīkar zur Antwort machen, antworten mit (acc.): parabhṛtavirutaṃ kalaṃ yathā prativacanīkṛtamebhirīdṛśam [Śākuntala 85.]
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Prativacana (प्रतिवचन):—
2) adattvaiva prativacanam [Vikramorvaśī 58, 16.] prativacanaṃ prayacchati [Pañcatantra 117, 14. fg.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 42, 19.] Antwort auf (gen.), Beantwortung: asya praśnasya [122, 3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrativacana (प्रतिवचन):——
1) m. ein als Antwort dienender Spruch [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra 2,3,11.] [Āpastamba’s Śrautasūtra 8,3,14.12,24,15.15,11,11.] —
2) n. — a) Nachsatz. — b) Antwort , — auf (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend) , Beantwortung.
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Partial matches: Prati, Vacana.
Ends with: Aprativacana, Nishprativacana, Pratyayaprativacana, Prishtaprativacana.
Full-text: Prativacanikrita, Pirativacanam, Pratyayaprativacana, Prativacas, Lotra, Prishtaprativacana, Padivayana, Kumbhilaka, Kumbhiraka, Aprativacana, Kumbhila.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.188 [Uttara] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
5.11. The Tradesman (vaṇik) < [Chapter 5 - Kṣemendra’s objectives of Satire]
Parama Samhita (English translation) (by Krishnaswami Aiyangar)