Pratyartha: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratyartha (प्रत्यर्थ).—a. Useful, expedient.
-rtham 1 A reply, an answer.
2) Hostility, opposition. ind. At every object, in every case.
-vedanaḥ Of contrary sensitivity; Māta- ñga L.11.38.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyartha (प्रत्यर्थ).—n.
(-rthaṃ) 1. A reply, an answer, a counter-representation. 2. Opposition, hostility. f.
(-rthā) Useful, expedient. E. prati successive order, and artha representation.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratyartha (प्रत्यर्थ):—[pratya+rtha] (rthaṃ) 1. n. A reply; opposition.
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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Starts with: Pratyarthaka, Pratyartham, Pratyartharuva.
Full-text: Pratyartham, Pratyartharuva, Pratyandharuva, Abhisambandha, Vedana.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.467 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 3.14.620-621 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 2.177 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.27 < [Section II - Duty towards Children]