Praptisama, Prāptisamā, Prāptisama, Prapti-sama: 5 definitions

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Praptisama means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

Source: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)

Prāptisamā (प्राप्तिसमा) or simply Prāpti refers to “balancing the co-presence” and represents one of the various kinds of Jāti (“analogue” or “far-fetched analogy”) (in debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāptisama (प्राप्तिसम).—a particular Jāti in Nyāya.

Derivable forms: prāptisamam (प्राप्तिसमम्).

Prāptisama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāpti and sama (सम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāptisama (प्राप्तिसम):—[=prāpti-sama] [from prāpti > prāp] m. a [particular] Jāti (q.v.) in logic, [Nyāyasūtra]

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Praptisama in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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