Pratyastra, Praty-astra: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPratyastra (प्रत्यस्त्र):—(1. pra + astra) n. Gegengeschoss: śrutaśarmā prayuṅkte sma yadyadastraṃ prayatnataḥ . pratyastraiḥ pratihanti sma tattatsūryaprabhaḥ kṣaṇāt .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 50, 65.] astrapratyastrayuddhena yuyudhāte [48, 36. 50, 26. 42.]
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Pratyastra (प्रत्यस्त्र):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 115, 30. 63.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 63, 12.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPratyastra (प्रत्यस्त्र):—n. Gegengeschoss.
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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