Pratyasha, Pratyāśā, Prati-asha: 11 definitions

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Pratyasha has 9 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Pratyāśā can be transliterated into English as Pratyasa or Pratyasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Pratyasha in Sanskrit glossary

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

Pratyāśā (प्रत्याशा):—(1. pra + āśā) f. Vertrauen auf, Hoffnung, Erwartung [Medinīkoṣa dh. 3.] [Spr. 2394, v. l.] mūḍho nyatra marīcikāsu paśuvatpratyāśayā dhāvati [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka im Śabdakalpadruma] [Gedicht vom Vogel Cātaka 2.] rudra [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 19.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 35, 16. 76, 13.] [Scholiast] zu [Amaruśataka 90.] [MĀLATĪM. 146, 7.] vigalitapratyāśatva 2, v. u. sapratyāśam adv. erwartungsvoll [Vikramorvaśī 40, 17.]

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Pratyāśā (प्रत्याशा):—[Sāhityadarpana 84, 9. 142, 5.] [MĀLATĪM. 149, 6.] vigalitapratyāśa adj.; davon nom. abstr. tva [146, 2 v. u.]

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

Pratyāśā (प्रत्याशा):—f. Vertrauen auf (im Comp. vorangehend) , Hoffnung , Erwartung. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. Nom.abstr. śatva n.

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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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