The Sanskrit term Pratiśravas can be transliterated into English as Pratisravas or Pratishravas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Pratiśravas (प्रतिश्रवस्).—A son born to the queen Kumārī of king Bhīmasena of the family of king Parīkṣit. Pratiś ravas had a son named Pratīpa. (Śloka 42, Chapter 95, Ādi Parva).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pratiśravas (प्रतिश्रवस्):—[=prati-śravas] [from prati-śru] m. Name of a son of Bhīma-sena, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratishravas 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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Partial matches: Shravas, Prati.

Starts with: Pratishravasa.

Full-text: Pratishravasa, Kumari, Bhima.

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section XCV < [Sambhava Parva]

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