Pratipurusha, Pratipuruṣa: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pratipuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Pratipurusa or Pratipurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pratipurush.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratipuruṣa (प्रतिपुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) 1. A deputy, a substitute. 2. A companion. 3. The effigy of a man which thieves push into a house to ascertain whether any body is awake. n. adv.
(-ṣaṃ) Every man, man by man. E. prati, and puruṣa a man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratipuruṣa (प्रतिपुरुष).—1. [masculine] substitute, companion; a puppet employed by a thief.*
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Pratipuruṣa (प्रतिपुरुष).—2. (°—) & ṣam [adverb] man by man.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pratipuruṣa (प्रतिपुरुष):—[=prati-puruṣa] m. ‘a counter-person’, a similar man
2) [v.s. ...] a companion, assistant
3) [v.s. ...] a deputy, substitute, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
4) [v.s. ...] (a-pratip, unmatched, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa])
5) [v.s. ...] the effigy of a man (which thieves push into the interior of a house before entering it themselves), [Mṛcchakaṭikā]
6) [v.s. ...] ([in the beginning of a compound] and ṣam ind.) man by man, every m°, for each m°, [Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Harṣacarita; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra]
7) [v.s. ...] for each soul, [Sāṃkhyakārikā]
8) Pratipūruṣa (प्रतिपूरुष):—[=prati-pūruṣa] a m. ‘a counter-person’, a similar man
9) [v.s. ...] a companion, assistant
10) [v.s. ...] a deputy, substitute, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
11) [v.s. ...] (a-pratip, unmatched, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa])
12) [v.s. ...] the effigy of a man (which thieves push into the interior of a house before entering it themselves), [Mṛcchakaṭikā]
13) [v.s. ...] ([in the beginning of a compound] and ṣam ind.) man by man, every m°, for each m°, [Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Harṣacarita; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra]
14) [v.s. ...] for each soul, [Sāṃkhyakārikā]
15) [=prati-pūruṣa] b See -puruṣa above.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratipuruṣa (प्रतिपुरुष):—[prati-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. A substitute, a deputy. adv. Every man.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPratipuruṣa (प्रतिपुरुष) [Also spelled pratipurush]:—(nm) an effigy; a substitute; replacement.
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Partial matches: Purusha, Prati.
Starts with: Pratipurusham.
Full-text: Pratipurusham, Pratipurush, Vimoksha, Samanya, Prati.
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