Pratyabhijnana, ʰٲⲹñԲ: 9 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Pratybhigyan.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʰٲⲹñԲ (प्रत्यभिज्ञा�).�
1) Recognition; see the word अभिज्ञान (ñԲ) also.
2) A token of recognition (in return); प्रत्यभिज्ञा�- रत्न� � रामायादर्शयत� कृती (pratyñԲ- ratna� ca rāmāyādarśayat kṛtī) R.12.64.
Derivable forms: pratyñԲm (प्रत्यभिज्ञानम�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryʰٲⲹñԲ (प्रत्यभिज्ञा�).—n.
(-Բ�) Recognition, knowing, recognising. E. prati and abhi before, ñ to know, � aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʰٲⲹñԲ (प्रत्यभिज्ञा�):—[=praty-ñԲ] [from pratyabhi-ñ] n. recognition, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a token of rec° (brought by a messenger to prove that he has accomplished his mission), [Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] reciprocity, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryʰٲⲹñԲ (प्रत्यभिज्ञा�):—[pratya+bhi-ñna] < [pratyabhi-ñna] (Բ�) 1. n. Recognition.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ʰٲⲹñԲ (प्रत्यभिज्ञा�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ʲṇāṇ.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryʰٲⲹñԲ (प्रत्यभिज्ञा�) [Also spelled pratybhigyan]:�(nm) recognition, identification; an identification mark.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusʰٲⲹñԲ (ಪ್ರತ್ಯಭಿಜ್ಞಾ�):�
1) [noun] identification of some person or thing as having been known before or as being of a certain kind; recognition.
2) [noun] the act of knowing or that which is known; an understanding or, realising; knowledge.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Praty, Jnana, Abhijnana.
Starts with: Pratyabhijnanaratna.
Full-text: Pratyabhijnanaratna, Vishayapratyabhijnana, Pratyabhijna, Paccabhinana, Pratybhigyan, Apratyabhijnana, Pirattiyapinnanam.
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Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali (by Ganganatha Jha)
Text 156: On Viśeṣa < [Chapter 8 - On Viśeṣa]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 5.31 - Definition of nitya (permanence) < [Chapter 5 - The Non-living Substances]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 209 < [Volume 27 (1937)]
Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 446-447 < [Chapter 8 - Examination of the Doctrine of the Permanence of Things]
Verse 2455-2457 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Verse 280-281 < [Chapter 7 - Doctrine of the Self (ātman, ‘soul�)]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
II, 4, 15 < [Second Adhyāya, Fourth Pāda]
The Nyaya theory of Knowledge (by Satischandra Chatterjee)
Part 2 - Recognition (pratyabhijna) as a mode of Perception < [Chapter 9 - Three modes of ordinary perception]