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प्रत्यय m. am. belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of (gen. loc. or comp. ) प्रत्ययं-√ गम् proof, ascertainment, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. (, to acquire confidence, repose c° in [MBh.] ; अस्त्य् अत्र प्रत्ययो मम, that is my conviction, [Kathās.] ; कः प्रत्ययो ऽत्र, what assurance is there of that? ib.) conception, assumption, notion, idea, KātyŚr.; [Nir.] ; [Śaṃk.] &c. -त्व n. (with Buddhists and जैनs) fundamental notion or idea (n.), [Sarvad.] बुद्धि consciousness, understanding, intelligence, intellect (in सांख्य = ) analysis, solution, explanation, definition, [L.] निमित्त ground, basis, motive or cause of anything, [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c. (in med.) = , हेतु &c., [Cat.] (with Buddhists) a co-operating cause the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its approximate cause an ordeal, [Kāty.] want, need, [Kāraṇḍ.] fame, notoriety, [Pāṇ. 8-2, 58] a subsequent sound or letter, [Prāt.] an affix or suffix to roots (forming verbs, substantives, adjectives and all derivatives), [Prāt.] ; [Pāṇ.] an oath, [L.] usage, custom, [L.] religious meditation, [L.] a dependant or subject, [L.] a householder who keeps a sacred fire, [L.] प्रत्यय b &c. See p. 673, col. 3.
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