As a deity name
Name 492 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 93 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
प्रत्यय · noun · masculine
विश्वास । एतबार । यकीन · प्रमाण । सबूत · विचार । खयाल । भावना — Śabdasāgara
प्रत्यय · praty-ay · s.m.
Belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, reliance, assurance, confidence; certainty, ascertainment, proof, truth; knowledge, experience; apprehension, understanding, intellect — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 244
प्रत्यय · masculine
credentials, proof; suffix
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi प्रत्यय — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pratyaya m. belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of (gen. loc. or comp.)
proof, ascertainment, Mn.; MBh. &c. (pratyayaṃ-√ gam, to acquire confidence, repose c˚ in MBh.; asty atra pratyayo mama, that is my conviction, Kathās.; kaḥ pratyayo 'tra, what assurance is there of that? ib.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of (gen. loc. or comp.)
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pratyaya m. belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of (gen. loc. or comp.)
proof, ascertainment, Mn.; MBh. &c. (pratyayaṃ-√ gam, to acquire confidence, repose c˚ in MBh.; asty atra pratyayo mama, that is my conviction, Kathās.; kaḥ pratyayo 'tra, what assurance is there of that? ib.)
conception, assumption, notion, idea, KātyŚr.; Nir.; Śaṃk. &c.
(with Buddhists and Jainas) fundamental notion or idea (-tva n.), Sarvad.
consciousness, understanding, intelligence, intellect (in Sāṃkhya = buddhi)
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