प्रतिज्ञा [ pratijñā ] [ prati-√ jñā ] P. Ā. [ -jānāti ] , [ -jānīte ] , to admit , own , acknowledge , acquiesce in , consent to , approve Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. MBh. ; to promise (with gen. dat. or loc. of pers. , and acc. with or without [ prati ] , or dat. of thing , also with inf. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; with [ vākyam ] and gen. " to promise fulfilment of a person's word " Lit. MBh. ; with [ satyam ] " to promise verily or truly " Lit. ib.) ; (Ā.) to confirm , assert , answer in the affirmative Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ĀśvGṛ. Lit. MBh. ; to maintain , assert , allege , state Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ( [ śabdaṃ nityatvena ] , " to assert the eternity of sound " Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 22 Sch.) ; (Ā.) to bring forward or introduce (a topic) Lit. Nyāyam. Sch. ; to perceive , notice , learn , become aware of Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. ; to remember sorrowfully (only in this sense P. by Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 46 ; but really Ā. Lit. MBh. xii , 8438) .