Apratibha: 11 definitions
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Apratibha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Apratibh.
In Buddhism
Buddhist philosophy
: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)پ (अप्रतिभा) refers to “non-ingenuity� and represents one of the various “points of defeat� (ԾٳԲ), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApratibha (अप्रति�).�a.
1) Modest, bashful.
2) Not ready-witted, dull.
- Bashfulness, modesty.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApratibha (अप्रति�).—mfn.
(-bha�--bha�) 1. Modest, bashful. 2. Confounded, perplexed. 3. Unreflected, (as an image.) E. a neg. پ light, reflexion.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apratibha (अप्रति�):—[=a-pratibha] mfn. modest, bashful, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) پ (अप्रतिभा):—[=a-پ] [from a-pratibha] f. shyness, timidity, [Nyāya]
3) ī (अप्रतीभा):—[=-ī] f. not thinking of anything, [Āpastamba]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApratibha (अप्रति�):—I. [tatpurusha compound] f.
(-) 1) Want of boldness.
2) (In the Nyāya philosophy.) Want of ready wit or of presence of mind, in a discussion, viz. inability of returning an answer, although one has understood the argument of the opponent (therefore not necessarily the same as ԲԳܲṣaṇa q. v.), one of the twenty-two ԾٳԲ or shortcomings in discussion. E. a neg. and پ. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-bha�--bham) 1) Not bold.
2) Not of ready wit, dull. E. a priv. and پ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApratibha (अप्रति�):—[a-pratibha] (bha�--bha�) a. Ashamed, confounded; unreflected.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryApratibha (अप्रति�) [Also spelled apratibh]:�(a) bewildered, thrown out of wits, rendered witless.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusApratibha (ಅಪ್ರತಿ�):�
1) [adjective] perplexed; bewildered; puzzled.
2) [adjective] not bold; of shy nature; timid; bashful; modest.
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Apratibha (ಅಪ್ರತಿ�):—[noun] a perplexed, confounded man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryپ (अप्रतिभा):—n. unintelligence; want of genius;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text: Pratibha, Apratibh, Appiratipai, Nigrahasthana, Apratipatti.
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