Pratisamhri, Pratisaṃh�: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pratisaṃh� can be transliterated into English as Pratisamhr or Pratisamhri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratisaṃh� (प्रतिसंह�).�1 P.
1) To draw back, withdraw, draw in; तत� साधुकृतसंधान� प्रतिसंह� सायकम् (tat sādhukṛtasaṃdhāna� pratisaṃhara sāyakam) Ś.1.11; R.3.64; प्रतिसंह� ता� बुद्धिमेताम् (pratisaṃhara tāta buddhimetām) Bu. Ch.5.3.
2) To retract, take back,
3) To compress, reduce in bulk.
4) To change.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratisaṃh� (प्रतिसंह�):—[=پ-�-√h�] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -harati, te, to draw together, contract (with ٳԲ, ‘one’s self� id est. to shrink, return to its usual bed, said of the sea), [Harivaṃśa];
—to draw or keep back, withdraw (as a weapon, the eye etc.), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature];
—to take away, put off, [Āpastamba];
—to absorb, annihilate, destroy, [Mahābhārata; Purāṇa; Jātakamālā];
—to check, stop, repress, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;
—to change, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary] :
‰ڰ䲹ܲ -ⲹپ, to retract, [Rāmāyaṇa]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pratisaṃh� (प्रतिसंह�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ʲḍiṃh, ʲḍi.
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.
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Partial matches: Hri, Pratisham.
Starts with: Pratisamhrish, Pratisamhrishta, Pratisamhrita.
Full-text: Pratisamharaniya, Padisahara, Pratisamjihirshu, Pratisamhrita, Padisamhara, Pratisamhara.
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