Prativad: 4 definitions
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Prativad means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrativad (प्रतिवद्).—1 P.
1) To speak in reply, answer; प्रियंवदः प्रत्यवदत् सुरेश्वरम् (priyaṃvadaḥ pratyavadat sureśvaram) R.3.64.
2) To speak, utter.
3) To repeat.
4) To speak in opposition; किंचित् किंचित् प्रति- वदंस्तूष्णीमासं मुहुर्मुहुः (kiṃcit kiṃcit prati- vadaṃstūṣṇīmāsaṃ muhurmuhuḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.136.14.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrativad (प्रतिवद्).—speak to ([accusative]), answer, return, repeat.
Prativad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and vad (वद्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrativad (प्रतिवद्):—[=prati-√vad] [Parasmaipada] -vadati, to speak to (acc), [Ṛg-veda; Kauśika-sūtra];
—to speak back, answer, reply to ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to repeat, [Kaṭha-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] :—[Intensive] p. -vāvadat (mfn.) contradicting, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]
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 dictionaryPrativad in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a controversy; refutation, contradiction, counter-statement; responsive argument; —[paksha] the defence (side)..—prativad (प्रतिवाद) is alternatively transliterated as Prativāda.
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Starts with: Prativada, Prativadh, Prativadha, Prativadi-khamai, Prativadi-pesai, Prativadibhayamkara, Prativadin, Prativadisu, Prativadita, Prativaditavya.
Full-text: Prativada, Pratyudita, Prativadita, Prativaditavya, Prativadibhayamkara, Prativadin.
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