प्रत्यभिज्ञान

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰত্যভিজ্ঞান (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬢ᭄ᬬᬪᬶᬚ᭄ᬜᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• প্রত্যভিজ্ঞান (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰝𑰿𑰧𑰥𑰰𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀪𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ပြတျဘိဇ္ဉာန (Burmese script)
• પ્રત્યભિજ્ઞાન (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਭਿਜ੍ਞਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌭𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦠꦾꦨꦶꦘꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂞𑂹𑂨𑂦𑂱𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರತ್ಯಭಿಜ್ಞಾನ (Kannada script)
• ប្រត្យភិជ្ញាន (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣຕ຺ຍຠິຊ຺ຎານ (Lao script)
• പ്രത്യഭിജ്ഞാന (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᢠᠶᠠᢨᡳᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘝𑘿𑘧𑘥𑘱𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢐᠶ᠋ᠠᠪᠾᠢᠽᡛᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦽𑧠𑧇𑧅𑧒𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐟𑑂𑐫𑐨𑐶𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରତ୍ଯଭିଜ୍ଞାନ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢡ꣄ꢫꢩꢶꢙ꣄ꢛꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆨𑆴𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖝𑖿𑖧𑖥𑖰𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රත්‍යභිඥාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩫 𑪙𑩻𑩳𑩑𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚙𑚶𑚣𑚡𑚮𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• ப்ரத்யபி⁴ஜ்ஞாந (Tamil script)
• ప్రత్యభిజ్ఞాన (Telugu script)
• ปฺรตฺยภิชฺญาน (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཏྱ་བྷི་ཛྙཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒞𑓂𑒨𑒦𑒱𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨙𑩇𑨪𑨡𑨁𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्रति- (prati-) +‎ अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐt.jɐ.bʱid͡ʑ.ɲɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐt̪.jɐ.bʱid͡ʑ.ɲɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

प्रत्यभिज्ञान • (pratyabhijñāna) stem, n

1. recognition; see अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna) too
2. a token of recognition (brought by a messenger to prove that he has accomplished his mission)
3. reciprocity

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of प्रत्यभिज्ञान

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रत्यभिज्ञानम् (pratyabhijñānam)	प्रत्यभिज्ञाने (pratyabhijñāne)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानानि (pratyabhijñānāni) प्रत्यभिज्ञाना¹ (pratyabhijñānā¹)
vocative	प्रत्यभिज्ञान (pratyabhijñāna)	प्रत्यभिज्ञाने (pratyabhijñāne)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानानि (pratyabhijñānāni) प्रत्यभिज्ञाना¹ (pratyabhijñānā¹)
accusative	प्रत्यभिज्ञानम् (pratyabhijñānam)	प्रत्यभिज्ञाने (pratyabhijñāne)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानानि (pratyabhijñānāni) प्रत्यभिज्ञाना¹ (pratyabhijñānā¹)
instrumental	प्रत्यभिज्ञानेन (pratyabhijñānena)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (pratyabhijñānābhyām)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानैः (pratyabhijñānaiḥ) प्रत्यभिज्ञानेभिः¹ (pratyabhijñānebhiḥ¹)
dative	प्रत्यभिज्ञानाय (pratyabhijñānāya)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (pratyabhijñānābhyām)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानेभ्यः (pratyabhijñānebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रत्यभिज्ञानात् (pratyabhijñānāt)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (pratyabhijñānābhyām)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानेभ्यः (pratyabhijñānebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रत्यभिज्ञानस्य (pratyabhijñānasya)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानयोः (pratyabhijñānayoḥ)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानानाम् (pratyabhijñānānām)
locative	प्रत्यभिज्ञाने (pratyabhijñāne)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानयोः (pratyabhijñānayoḥ)	प्रत्यभिज्ञानेषु (pratyabhijñāneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit:
  • Old Hindi: पहिचान (pahicāna)
    • Hindi: पहचान (pahcān)
    • Urdu: پہچان
  • Gujarati: પિછાન (pichān)
  • Punjabi: ਪਛਾਣ (pachāṇ)

References

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pratyabhijñāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.