प्रत्यय [ pratyaya ] [ pratyaya ] m. belief firm conviction , trust , faith , assurance or certainty of (gen. loc. or comp.)

  proof , ascertainment Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ( [ pratyayaṃ-√ gam ] , to acquire confidence , repose confidence in Lit. MBh. ; [ asty atra pratyayo mama ] , that is my conviction Lit. Kathās. ; [ kah pratyayo 'tra ] , what assurance is there of that? Lit. ib.)

  conception , assumption , notion , idea Lit. KātyŚr. Lit. Nir. Lit. Śaṃk.

  (with Buddhists and Jainas) fundamental notion or idea ( [ -tva ] n. ) Lit. Sarvad.

  consciousness , understanding , intelligence , intellect ( in Sāṃkhya = [ buddhi ] )

  analysis , solution , explanation , definition Lit. L.

  ground , basis , motive or cause of anything Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. (in med.) = [ nimitta ] , [ hetu ] Lit. Cat.

  (with Buddhists) a co-operating cause

  the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its approximate cause

  an ordeal Lit. Kāty.

  want , need Lit. Kāraṇḍ.

  fame , notoriety Lit. Pāṇ. 8-2 , 58

  a subsequent sound or letter Lit. Prāt.

  an affix or suffix to roots (forming verbs , substantives , adjectives and all derivatives) Lit. Prāt. Lit. Pāṇ.

  an oath Lit. L.

  usage , custom Lit. L.

  religious meditation Lit. L.

  a dependant or subject Lit. L.

  a householder who keeps a sacred fire Lit. L.