Pratispardhin: 7 definitions
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Pratispardhin 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.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratispardhin (प्रतिस्पर्धिन्).�a. Rival, envious of. -m. A rival, competitor.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratispardhin (प्रतिस्पर्धिन्) or Pratisparddhin.—mfn. (-ī-ī-) 1. Envious, emulous, a rival. 2. Refractory, rebellious. E. پ貹, and ini aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratispardhin (प्रतिस्पर्धिन्).—[adjective] vying with ([genetive]), equal to (—�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratispardhin (प्रतिस्पर्धिन्):—[=prati-spardhin] [from prati-spardh] mfn. emulous, coping with ([genitive case]), a rival, [Mahābhārata; Rājataraṅgiṇ�; Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) resembling, like, [Kāvyādarśa]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pratispardhin (प्रतिस्पर्धिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ʲḍi.
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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: Spardhin, Prati.
Full-text: Pratisparddhin, Padipphaddhi.
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South-Indian Horizons (by Jean-Luc Chevillard)
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