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प्रत्यागच्छति

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    From प्रति- (prati-) +‎ आगच्छति (āgacchati)

    Pronunciation

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    • (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɐt.jɑː.ɡɐt.t͡ɕʰɐ.ti/, [pɾɐt.jɑː.ɡɐt̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.ti]
    • (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɐt̪.jɑːˈɡɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i/, [pɾɐt̪.jɑːˈɡɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i]

    Verb

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    प्रत्यागच्छति (pratyāgacchati) third-singular indicative (type P, root प्रत्यागम्)

    1. to come back again, return
      • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 2.66.37:
        यथेच्छन्ति तथैवास्तु प्रत्यागच्छन्तु पाण्डवाः ।
        पुनर् द्यूतं प्रकुर्वन्तु मामकाः पाण्डवैः सह ॥
        yathecchanti tathaivāstu pratyāgacchantu pāṇḍavāḥ.
        punar dyūtaṃ prakurvantu māmakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha.
        The Pandavas may return as they wish and my sons may again gamble with the Pandavas.

    Descendants

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    • Pali: paccāgacchati

    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “प्रत्यागच्छति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 676.
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pratyāgam”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.