Prayatna: 25 definitions

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Prayatna means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Prayatna (प्रयत्न):—(wie eben) m.

1) Willensthätigkeit, Bestrebung, Bemühung; Activität überh. [KAṆ. 1, 1, 6. 29. 3, 2, 3. 4.] ātmasaṃyogaprayatnābhyāṃ haste karma [5, 1, 1.] [TARKAS. 3.] īkṣaṇasaṃkalpaprayatna [VEDĀNTAŚIKH.] bei [Nīlakaṇṭha 198.] [Yogasūtra 2, 47.] [Suśruta 1, 312, 16.] [] zu [Chāndogyopaniṣad S. 24.] prayatnastu phalaprāptyai vyāpāro titvarānvitaḥ [PRATĀPAR. 20,b,7.] tathā prayatnamātiṣṭhedyathātmānaṃ na pīḍayet [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 68.] pituḥ prayatnāt [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 22.] na śikṣitaḥ prayatno hi dhīrāṇāṃ hṛdaye bhiyā [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 82.] prayatne samake kecideva syuḥ phalabhāginaḥ [Spr. 1867.] sarve prayatnāḥ śithilībhavanti [3114.] kṛta der sich alle Mühe giebt, Nichts ausser Acht lässt [208.] vilokya tairapyadhunā pracāramayaṃ prayatnaḥ puruṣottamasya [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 2.] Das Object, auf welches die Bemühung, Sorgfalt gerichtet wird, steht im loc. oder geht im comp. voran: evaṃ prayatnaṃ kurvīta yānaśayyāsanāśane . snāne prasādhane caiva sarvālaṃkārakeṣu ca .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 220.] tvannigrahe tu na me prayatnaḥ [Mṛcchakaṭikā 10, 21.] alaṃ prayatnena tavātra [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 50.] iṣuprayoge vitathaprayatnaḥ [2, 42.] āpīnabhārodvahana 18. prayatnena ( [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 79. 206. 4, 161. 5, 6. 7, 45. 172. 8, 418. 9, 7.] [Sāvitryupākhyāna 2, 22.] [Spr. 1250. 2316, v. l. 2867.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 52, 123. 59, 16. 77, 10]), prayatnāt ( [Bhagavadgītā 6, 45.] [Suśruta 1, 161, 17.] [Spr. 383.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 77, 2]) und prayatnatas ( [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 103. 2, 24. 3, 123. 166. 4, 127. 6, 91. 7, 99. 155. 206. 8, 310. 9, 9. 333.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 52, 14.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 66. 54, 5.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 49, 232]) sorgfältig, angelegentlich, eifrig, nach Kräften, alles Ernstes. prayatnaiḥ dass. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 26, 34.] verstärkt: prayatnena mahatā [Sundopasundopākhyāna 3, 15.] sarveṇa tu prayatnena [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 71.] sarvaprayatnena [Spr. 3060.] [Pañcatantra III, 243.] prayatnaprekṣaṇīya mit Mühe —, kaum sichtbar [Śākuntala 5, 11.] prayatnamuktāsanā [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 11.] prayatnam n. [Vikramorvaśī 143] schlechte Lesart für prayāso (fehlt bei [BOLL.]). Vgl. a und niṣprayatna . —

2) āsya und auch einfach prayatna Thätigkeit des Mundes bei Articulirung der Laute [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 14, 10.] [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 43.] [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 1, 27.] Schol. zu [29.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā Prātiśākhya 2, 5.] [ŚIKṢĀ 12] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 107.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 9.] laghuprayatnatara [8, 3, 18.]

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Prayatna (प्रयत्न):—

1) [Z. 5] zur Definition aus [PRATĀPAR.] vgl. [Sāhityadarpana 326.]

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

Prayatna (प्रयत्न):——

1) m. — a) Willensthätigkeit , Bestrebung , Bemühung , — um (Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend) ; Activität überh. tnena , tnāt , tnatas und tnais (einmal) sorgfältig , angelegentlich , eifrig , nach Kräften , alles Ernstes. prayatnāt ([Harṣacarita 220,13]). und prayatna (vor einem passiven Verbalbegriff) mit Mühe , kaum. n. [Vikramorvaśī ,143] fehlerhaft. — b) Thätigkeit des Mundes bei Articulirung der Laute. Vollständig āsya. —

2) f. ā eine best. Śruti [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 24.]

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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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