Pratipadaka, Pratipādaka: 11 definitions
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Pratipadaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypratipādaka (प्रतिपादक).—a S That establishes, supports, evidences--a reasoner, an argument.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratipādaka (प्रतिपादक).—a. (-dikā f.)
1) Giving, granting, bestowing, imparting.
2) Demonstrating, supporting, proving, establishing.
3) Treating of, explaining, illustrating.
4) Promoting, furthering, advancing.
5) Effective, accomplishing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratipādaka (प्रतिपादक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. What produces effects, causes, &c. 2. Explanatory. f.
(-dikā) 1. Granting, bestowing. 2. Establishing, demonstrating. 3. Explaining, illustrating. 4. Furthering, promoting. E. prati, and pad to go, causal v., ṇvul aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratipādaka (प्रतिपादक).—i. e. prati -pad, [Causal.], + aha, adj. Illustrating, explanatory, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Pratipādaka (प्रतिपादक).—[feminine] dikā giving, bestowing; treating, discussing, explaining, teaching.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratipādaka (प्रतिपादक):—[=prati-pādaka] [from prati-pad] mf(ikā)n. causing to obtain, giving, presenting to ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata] (a-pratip)
2) [v.s. ...] stating, demonstrating, explaining, teaching (-tva n.), [Mahābhārata; Kāśikā-vṛtti; Vedāntasāra]
3) [v.s. ...] effective, accomplishing, promoting, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
4) [v.s. ...] m. or n. (?) a receptacle for hair, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratipādaka (प्रतिपादक):—[prati-pādaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Producing, causing; explaining.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pratipādaka (प्रतिपादक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paḍivajjaya, Paḍivādaya.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPratipādaka (ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕ):—
1) [noun] speaking explaining (something); propounding.
2) [noun] teaching; preaching; giving knowledge (about).
3) [noun] supporting or upholding vocally; advocating (in favour of).
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Pratipādaka (ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕ):—
1) [noun] he who explains, propounds.
2) [noun] a teacher; a preacher.
3) [noun] an advocate of something; a supporter or promoter.
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: Prati, Padaka, Pataka.
Starts with: Pratipadakatva.
Ends with: Apratipadaka, Bhaktipratipadaka, Tatpratipadaka.
Full-text: Pratipadakatva, Piratipatakam, Padivadaya, Bhaktipratipadaka, Apratipadaka, Padivajjaya, Purnopama, Bhashitapumska.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.3.26 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (3): Sambandha-samuddeśa (On Relation)]
Verse 3.14.198-199 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 1.60 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.2.206 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.18 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.133 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.65 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
Part 1: Sanskrit Kāvya and its Divisions < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3459-3461 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
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Meaning of the word Purāṇa < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]