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Results for प्रत्न

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रत्नpratnaa.Old, ancient; आदित्प्रत्नस्य रेतसः Ch. Up.3. 17.7.
    1. Old, ancient; आदित्प्रत्नस्य रेतसः Ch. Up.3. 17.7.
    2. Former.
    3. Traditional, customary.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्नम् A kind of metre.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्रत्नpratna[pra-tná] a. ancient, old: (á)-thâ, -vát, ad. as formerly, in the wonted manner.

    [pra-tná] adjective ancient, old: (á)-thâ, -vát, adverb, -ial, -ially as formerly, in the wonted manner.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रत्नpratnamf(/आ)n. former, preceding
    1. mf(/आ)neuter gender former, preceding
    2. mf(/आ)neuter gender ancient, old
    3. mf(/आ)neuter gender traditional, customary fg-veda AV. TS. Breton BhP.
    4. neuter gender a kind of metre RPra1t.
  2. प्रत्नथाpratnathāind. as formerly, as of old, in the usual manner RV. 1.

    indeclinable as formerly, as of old, in the usual manner fg-veda 1.

  3. प्रत्नवत्pratnavatind., id., ib. 2.
    1. indeclinable, the same, ibidem 2.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective containing the word प्रत्न S3Br.