प्रतिज्ञा

Monier-Williams · pratijñā
prati-√jñā P. Ā. -jānāti, -jānīte, to admit, own, acknowledge, acquiesce in, consent to, approve RV. AV. MBh ‖ to promise (with gen., dat. or loc. of pers., and acc. with or without prati, or dat. of thing, also with inf. MBh. Kāv. &c ‖ with vākyam and gen. 'to promise fulfilment of a person's word' MBh ‖ with satyam 'to promise verily or truly' ib.) ‖ (Ā) to confirm, assert, answer in the affirmative ŚBr. ĀśvGṛ. MBh. &c ‖ to maintain, assert, allege, state MBh. R. &c. (śabdaṃ nityatvena, 'to assert the eternity of sound' Pāṇ. 1-3, 22 Sch.) ‖ (Ā) to bring forward or introduce (a

Monier-Williams · pratijñā
pratijñā f. admission, acknowledgment, assent, agreement, promise, vow MBh. Kāv. &c ‖ a statement, assertion, declaration, affirmation ib ‖ (in logic) a proposition, the assertion or proposition to be proved, the first member or avyaya of the fivemembered Nyāya syllogism IW. 61 ‖ (in law) a plaint, complaint, indictment, prosecution Yājñ