Pratilambhika: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPratilambhika (प्रतिलम्भिक).—(-pratilambhika), adj. (also prāti°, q.v.; to Sanskrit pratilambha plus -ika; compare pratilābhika), suited (fit, ready) for attainment (of…; ifc.): (kāmāvacarāṇāṃ) devānām upapatti-pratilambhikam (see s.v. prāti°) api tāvad divyaṃ cakṣuḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 390.16,…suited to the birth (existence) of kāmāvacara gods (compare upapatti); śamaikāyana-mārga- °kasya (sc. arhataḥ) Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 120.13, 15, (one) who is fit for getting…
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Prātilambhika (प्रातिलम्भिक).—(-prātilambhika), adj. (= prati°, q.v.), suited for getting: upapatti-°kaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 6979 = Tibetan skye ba (see upapatti) (ḥ)thob pa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrātilambhika (प्रातिलम्भिक):—[=prāti-lambhika] [from prāti] mfn. ([from] lambha) ready to receive, expecting, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Partial matches: Lambhika, Prati.
Full-text: Upapatti, Pratilabhika.
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