Alternative spellings of this word include Pratyupakar.

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

Pratyupakāra (प्रत्युपकार):—(von 1. kar mit pratyupa) m. Vergeltung (im Guten), Gegendienst [Bhagavadgītā 17, 21.] [Mahābhārata 2, 734.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 51, 44.] [Spr. 1140.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 75.] [Pañcatantra 207, 17. 20. ed. orn. 64, 22.] [GAUḌAP.] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 60.] punaḥ Wiedervergeltung [Spr. 1794.]

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

Pratyupakāra (प्रत्युपकार):—m. Vergeltung im Guten , Gegendienst.

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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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Partial matches: Praty, Upakara, Kara.

Starts with: Pratyupakarana.

Ends with: Punahpratyupakara.

Full-text: Punahpratyupakara, Padoyara, Pratyupakriti, Pratyupakarin, Piratiyupakaram, Pirattiyupakaram, Padiuvayara, Paccuvagara, Paccuvayara, Pratyupakar, Pratyuta, Kar.

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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)

Verse 17.21 < [Chapter 17 - Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yoga]

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