Pratimala, ʰپ, Prati-mala: 7 definitions
Introduction:
Pratimala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)ʰپ (प्रतिमाल�) refers to one of the “sixty four kinds of Art�, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of 첹 are found in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Śaiva-Tantras, Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa etc.—ʰپ� refers to a game in which one party recites a verse and the opposite party recites another which begins with the same letter as that on which the last verse ended.

Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, 峾śٰ) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʰپ (प्रतिमाल�).—capping verses (Mar. ṃḍī).
ʰپ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and (माला).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰپ (प्रतिमाल�).—f.
(-) An exercise analogous to capping verses, reciting verse for verse, (as a trial of memory or skill.) E. prati against, a garland.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰپ (प्रतिमाल�):—[=prati-] f. an exercise analogous to capping verses, reciting verse for v° as a trial of memory or skill (one of the 64 Kalās, [Catalogue(s)]), [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰپ (प्रतिमाल�):—[prati-] () 1. f. Reciting verses as a trial of memory.
[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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pratimalakshana, Pratimalakshanoddesha.
Full-text: Causashtakala.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 64 < [Volume 6 (1882)]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
The Sixty-four arts and crafts (Kalā) < [Appendices]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
3. A General Note on Art < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Soundarya Lahari of Shri Shankara (Study) (by Seetha N.)
The Sixty-four Tantras and Sixty-four Arts < [Chapter 7 - Philosophical aspects in Saundaryalahari]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
7.1. The Sixty-four Fine Arts < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 3 - Art and Architecture in the Mālatīmādhava and 8th-century India < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects of the Mālatīmādhava]