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pratiप्रतिpráti ind. (as a prefix to roots and their derivative nouns and other nouns, sometimes pratī; for 2. See p. 664) towards, near to
against, in opposition to
back, again, in return
down upon, upon, on
before nouns it expresses also likeness or comparison (cf. prati-candra)
or it forms Avyayībhāvas of different kinds (cf. prati-kṣaṇam, prati-graham, praty-agni &c.; rarely ifc., e.g. sūpaprati, a little broth, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 9])
or as a prep. with usually preceding acc., in the sense of towards, against, to, upon, in the direction of (e.g. śabdam p°, in the direction of the sound, [R.]; agnim pr°, against the fire, [Mn.]; also °ty-agni ind., [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 33], Sch.; ripum pr°, against the enemy, [Mn.]; ātmānam pr°, to one's self, [Ratnāv.])
opposite, before, in the presence of (e.g. rodasī pr°, before heaven and earth, [RV.])
in comparison, on a par with, in proportion to (e.g. indram pr°, in comparison with I°, [RV.]; sahasrāṇi pr°, on a par with i.e. equivalent to thousands, [ib.]; also with abl. or -tas; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 92]; [ii, 3, 11])
in the vicinity of, near, beside, at, on (e.g. yūpam pr°, near the sacrificial post, [AitBr.]; gaṅgām pr°, at or on the Ganges, [R.]; etat pr°, at this point, [TS.]; āyodhanam pr°, on the field of battle, [MBh.])
at the time of, about, through, for (e.g. phālgunam pr°, about the month Ph°, [Mn.]; ciram pr°, for a long time, [MBh.]; bhṛśam pr°, often, repeatedly, [Car.])
or used distributively (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]) to express at every, in or on every, severally (e.g. yajñam pr°, at every sacrifice, [Yājñ.]; yajñaṃ yajñam pr°, [TS.]; varṣam pr°, every year, annually, [Pañcat.]; in this sense often comp.; cf. above)
in favour of, for ([Pāṇ. i, 4, 90]; e.g. pāṇḍavān pr°, in favour of the P°s, [MBh.])
on account of, with regard to, concerning ([Pāṇ.]; [ib.], e.g. sīmām pr°, concerning a boundary, [Mn.]; gautamam pr°, with regard to G°, [R.])
conformably or according to (e.g. mām pr°, according to me, i.e. in my opinion, [Mālav.]; cf. mām praty araṇyavat pratibhāti, ‘it seems to me like a forest’, [Hit.]; na bubhukṣitam prati bhāti kiṃ cit, ‘to a hungry man nothing is of any account’, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 2])
as, for (after a verb meaning, ‘to regard or consider’; cf. [Vikr. iv, 69])
or as prep. with abl. in return or as compensation for, instead or in the place of ([Pāṇ. i, 4, 92], Sch.)
with abl. or -tas See above
with abl. or gen. (?) to express, ‘about’, ‘at the time of’ (only prati vastoḥ, ‘at daybreak’, [RV.])
as prep. with gen. = with reference to, [Hariv. 10967].
[cf. Zd. paiti; Gk. προτί, ποτί, πρός.]
in comp. with nouns not immediately connected with roots.
m. N. of a son of Kuśa, [BhP.]
pratilप्रतिल्pra-√ til P. -tilati, to be desirous of sexual intercourse, [VS.] (= snihyati, [Mahīdh.])
pratibhāप्रतिभाprati-√ bhā P. -bhāti, to shine upon (acc.), [Lāṭy.]; to come in sight, present or offer one's self to (gen. or acc.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. ; to appear to the mind (also with manasi), flash upon the thoughts, become clear or manifest, occur to (acc. or gen.), [Up.]; [MBh.] &c. (nóttaram pratibhātime, ‘no answer occurs to me’, [Hariv.]); to seem or appear to (gen. acc. with or without prati) as or like (nom. with or without iva, or yathā, or -vat ind.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (iti pratibhāti me manaḥ, ‘so it seems to my mind’, [MBh.]); to seem fit, appear good, please to (gen. or acc.), [Vikr.]; [Pañcat.] &c. (sā bhāryā pratibhāti me, ‘this one would please me as a wife’, [Kathās.])
prati-°bhā f. an image, [Nir.]
light, splendour (see niṣ-pr°)
appearance (a-pr°), [Gaut.]
fitness, suitableness (a-pr°), [ŚrS.]
intelligence, understanding, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Sāh.]
presence of mind, genius, wit, [Kām.]
audacity, boldness (a-pr°), [Nyāyad.]
a thought, idea, [Daś.]; [Kathās.]
a founded supposition, [Naiṣ.]
fancy, imagination, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [Sāh.]
pratibhīप्रतिभीprati—bhī f. fear, [Bhojapr.]
pratibhūप्रतिभूprati-√ bhū P. -bhavati, to be equal to or on a par with (acc.), [ŚBr.] : Caus. -bhāvayati, to observe, become acquainted with (acc.), [MBh.] : Pass. -bhāvyate, to be considered as, pass for (nom.), [Rājat.]
prati-°bhū m. a surety, security, bail, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
pratibhaप्रतिभprati-°bha mfn. wise, intelligent, [Ragh. viii, 79] (v.l.)
pratibhṛप्रतिभृprati-√ bhṛ P. -bharati, to carry towards, offer, present, [RV.]; (-bibharti), to support (a parent), [Divyāv.]
pratidhāप्रतिधाprati-√ dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte (Ved. inf. práti-dhātave), to put on or in or near or back, return, restore (loc. or dat.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to adjust (an arrow), aim, [ib.]; to put to the lips (for drinking), [RV. iv, 27, 5]; to put down (the feet), step out, [Br.]; to offer, present, [AitBr.]; to use, employ, [Śatr.]; to restrain, [BhP.]; (Ā.) to commence, begin, approach, [RV.]; [AV.]
prati°dhā́ f. putting to the lips, a draught, [RV.]
pratidhīप्रतिधीprati—dhī mfn. (ifc.) as intelligent as, [Pracaṇḍ.]
prati-√ dhī (only pf. -didhima), to expect, hope, [RV.]
prati-°dhī mfn. See p. 662, col. 1.
pratidhṛप्रतिधृprati-√ dhṛ P. Ā. -dhārayati, °te, to keep back, stop, check, [ŚBr.]; to keep erect, support, [AitBr.]
pratidhiप्रतिधिprati°dhí m. a cross-piece on the pole of a carriage, [RV.]; [VS.]
pratighaप्रतिघprati-gha m. (√ han) hindrance, obstruction, resistance, opposition (cf. a-p°)
struggling against (comp.), [Car.]
anger, wrath, enmity, [Mcar.]; [Lalit.] (one of the 6 evil passions, [Dharmas. 67])
= mūrchā, [L.]
combat, fighting, [W.]
an enemy, [ib.]
opposition, contradiction, [L.]
pratiśṝप्रतिशॄprati-√ śṝ P. -śṛṇāti, to break off or in pieces, [RV.]; [TS.]; [TBr.]
pratiśīप्रतिशीprati-√ śī (only pf. -śiśye and fut. -śeṣyāmi), to lie or press against i.e. urge, importune, [MBh.]
pratithiप्रतिथिpra-tithi m. N. of a Ṛṣi and teacher (with the epithet Deva-taratha), [VBr.]; [Bālar.]
pratidāप्रतिदाprati-√ dā P. Ā. -dadāti, -datte, to give back, restore, return, [AV.] &c. &c.; to give, offer, present, [MBh.]; [R.] : Caus. -dāpayati, to cause to be given back or restored, [Yājñ.]
pratigāप्रतिगाprati-√ gā (only aor. -agāt), to go back, return.
pratigṝप्रतिगॄprati-√ gṝ P. Ā. -gṛṇāti, -gṛṇīte, to invoke, salute (acc.), [RV.]; (with dat.; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 41], Sch.) to respond in recitation or chanting (also with prati-garam), [ib.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; to agree with (dat.), [Vop.]
pratiguप्रतिगुprati—gu ind. against a cow, [Mn. iv, 52.]
prati-√ gu (only Intens. -jóguve), to proclaim, [RV.]
pratihāप्रतिहाprati-√ hā P. -jahāti, to leave unheeded, neglect, [Hariv.] : Pass. -hīyate, to stay behind (abl.), be defeated, [MBh.]
pratihṛप्रतिहृprati-√ hṛ P. Ā. -harati, °te (ind.p. pratī-hāram, [Kauś.]; inf. prati-hartave, [BhP.]), to throw back, [AV.]; to strike or pound, [Kauś.]; to keep shut, close by pressure (an udder), [TāṇḍBr.]; to bring back, [Lāṭy.]; to deliver, offer, present, [BhP.]; to procure, [ib.]; (Ā.) to take i.e. eat, [ChUp.]; to join in the Sāman hymns as Pratihartṛ (see below), [Lāṭy.] : Caus. hārayati, to have one's self announced to (gen.), [Jātakam.] : Desid. -jihīrṣati, to wish to requite or revenge, [MBh.] (cf. prati-jihīrṣu).
pratihuप्रतिहुprati-√ hu P. -juhoti, to offer a supplementary sacrifice, [Gobh.]
pratijṛप्रतिजृprati-√ jṛ Ā. -jarate (inf. -jarádhyai), to roar (as fire) in the direction of, to call out to, salute (acc.), [RV.]
pratijiप्रतिजिprati-√ ji P. -jayati, to conquer, defeat (in battle or at play), [TS.]; [MBh.] : Desid. -jigīṣati, to wish to conquer or defeat, attack, assail, [MBh.]
pratikṝप्रतिकॄprati-√ kṝ P. -kirati, to scatter towards (cf. prati-s-√ kṝ and [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 141]).
pratikaप्रतिकmf(I)n. (fr. 1. prati) worth a Kārṣāpaṇa or 16 Paṇas of cowries, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 25], Vārtt. 2.
pratikṛप्रतिकृprati-√ kṛ P. Ā. -karoti, -kurute, (inf. pratī-kartum, [BhP.]), to do or make an opposition, [AitBr.]; to return, repay, requite (good or evil [acc.], with gen. dat. or loc. of pers.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to counteract, resist (acc. or gen.), [ib.]; to treat, attend to, cure (a disease), [Suśr.]; to repair, mend, restore, [Mn.]; to pay back (a debt), [Gaut.] : Caus. Ā. -kārayate, to cause to be repeated, [ŚBr.] : Desid. -cikīrṣati, to wish to take revenge on (acc. or loc.) for (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]
pratilīप्रतिलीprati-√ lī Pass. -līyate, to disappear, [BhP.]
pratimāप्रतिमाprati-√ mā Ā. -mimīte (Ved. inf. prati-mai), to imitate, copy, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Kauś.]
prati-mā m. a creator, maker, framer, [AV.]; [VS.]
prati-mā́ (ā́), f. an image, likeness, symbol, [RV.] &c. &c.
a picture, statue, figure, idol, [Mn.]; [Hariv.]; [Ragh.] ([IW. 218, 1]; [241])
reflection (in comp. after a word meaning ‘moon’, cf. below)
measure, extent (cf. below)
N. of a metre, [RPrāt.]
the part of an elephant's head between the tusks (also °ma m.), [L.] (ifc. like, similar, resembling, equal to, [TBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; having the measure of, as long or wide &c. as, e.g. tri-nalva-pr°, 3 Nalvas long, [Hariv.]; °ma-tā f. °ma-tva n. reflection, image, shadow, [W.])
pratinīप्रतिनीprati-√ nī P. -nayati, to lead towards or back, [AV.] &c. &c.; to put into, mix, [Kauś.]
pratinuप्रतिनुprati-√ nu P. -nauti, to commend, approve, [Pat.]
pratipṝप्रतिपॄprati-√ pṝ P. -pṛṇāti (only 2. du. Impv. -pṛṇītám), to bestow in return, [RV. vii, 65, 5] : Caus. -pūrayati, to fill up, make full, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Suśr.]; to fill (said of a noise), [MBh.]; to sate, satiate, satisfy, [ib.]; to fulfil, accomplish, [R.]
pratipaप्रतिपm. N. of a prince, [L.] (prob. w.r. for pratīpa, q.v.)
pratiraप्रतिरpra-tira , °ram. See under pra-√ tṝ.
pra-°tirá mfn. furthering, granting success or victory, [AitĀr.]
pra-°tíra mfn. (?) carrying across, furthering, helping, [TS.] (Sch.)
pratiruप्रतिरुprati-√ ru P. -rauti, to cry or call to (acc.), [Var.]
pratisṛप्रतिसृprati-√ sṛ P. -sarati (ind.p. -sāram, [ŚāṅkhBr.]), to go against, rush upon, attack, assail (acc.), [Hariv.]; to return, go home, [BhP.]; to go round or from place to place (not only on the main road), [TS.] : Caus. -sārayati, to cause to go back, [Car.]; to put back again, restore to its place, [Kālid.]; to spread over, tip or touch with (instr.), [Suśr.]; to put asunder, sever, separate, [SaddhP.] : Pass. to void or emit per anum (?), [Suśr.]
prativīप्रतिवीprati-√ vī P. -veti, to receive, accept, [RV.]
prativṛप्रतिवृprati-√ vṛ Caus. -vārayati, to keep back, ward off, restrain, prevent, prohibit, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to contradict, refute, [R.]
prati-√ vṛ (only Ā. aor. -avṛṣata), to choose, elect, [AV.]
pratiyāप्रतियाprati-√ yā P. -yāti, to come or go to (acc., also with prati), [RV.]; [MBh.]; to go against (acc.), [Hariv.]; to go or come back, return to or into (acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to comply with, oblige, please (acc.), [R.]; to equal, be a match for (acc.), [BhP.]; to be returned or requited, [ib.] : Caus. -yāpayati, to cause to return to (acc.), [BhP.]
pratiyuप्रतियुprati-√ yu P. -yauti, to tie to, bind, fetter, [TS.]
pratibhāsप्रतिभास्prati-√ bhās Ā. -bhāsate, to manifest one's self, appear as or look like or as (nom.), [Rājat.] (nānā-tvena, ‘to appear different’, [Vedāntas.]); to shine, be brilliant, have a bright appearance, [Kathās.]
pratibhāṣप्रतिभाष्prati-√ bhāṣ Ā. -bhāṣate (ep. also P. °ti), to speak in return or to (acc.), answer, relate, tell, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to call, name (2 acc.), [Śrut.]
pratibhūṣप्रतिभूष्prati-√ bhūṣ P. -bhūṣati, to make ready, prepare, fit out, [RV.]; to serve, wait upon, honour, worship, [ib.]; [TS.]; to concede, acquiesce in, agree to (acc.), [RV.]
pratibhaṇप्रतिभण्prati-√ bhaṇ P. -bhaṇati, to speak in reply, answer, [Bhaṭṭ.]
pratibhajप्रतिभज्prati-√ bhaj P. -bhajati, to fall again to one's share, return to (acc.), [Daś.]
pratibhidप्रतिभिद्prati-√ bhid P. -bhinatti, to pierce, penetrate, [MBh.]; to disclose, betray, [Daś.]; to reproach, censure, be indignant with (acc.), [Ragh.]; [Śiś.]
pratibhujप्रतिभुज्prati-√ bhuj P. -bhunakti, to enjoy, [MBh.]; to eat food besides the prescribed diet, [Car.]
pratidhāvप्रतिधाव्prati-√ dhāv P. Ā. -dhāvati, °te, to run back, [AV.]; to rush upon (acc.), attack, [MBh.]; [R.]
pratidhṛṣप्रतिधृष्prati-√ dhṛṣ (only pf. -dadharṣa and Ved. inf. -dhṛ́ṣe), to be bold against, brave, defy, [RV.]; [Kāṭh.] (cf. a-pratidhṛṣṭa and °dhṛṣya).
pratighnaप्रतिघ्नprati-°ghna n. the body, [L.]
pratikhyāप्रतिख्याprati-√ khyā P. -khyāti (impf. -akhyat), to see, behold, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]
pratiphalप्रतिफल्prati-√ phal P. -phalati, to bound against, rebound, be reflected, [Kāv.]; to requite, [MW.]
pratiśakप्रतिशक्prati-śak (only pf. -śekuḥ), to keep one's ground against, be a match for (acc.), [MBh.] : Desid. -śikṣati, to allure, invite, [RV.]
pratiśamप्रतिशम्prati-√ śam Caus. -śāmayati (ind.p. -śāmya, or -śāmayitvā or -śamayya), to reestablish, restore, put to rights, [Vajracch.]; [Divyāv.]
pratiśapप्रतिशप्prati-√ śap P. -śapati, to curse in return (with acc. or gen.), [R.]; [BhP.]
pratiśruप्रतिश्रुprati-√ śru P. -śṛṇoti, to hear, listen, [RV. i, 25, 20] (Ā. 3. sg. śṛṇve, ‘to be heard’ or ‘audible’ [i, 169, 7]); to listen, give ear to (gen.), [Vajracch.]; to assure, agree, promise anything (acc.) to any one (gen. or dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. -śuśrūṣati, to wish to promise, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 59.]
pratiśucप्रतिशुच्prati-√ śuc P. -śocati, to burn towards or against (acc.), [MaitrS.]
pratiśuṣप्रतिशुष्prati-√ śuṣ P. -śuṣyati, to be dried up, wither, perish, [RV.]
pratiśyāप्रतिश्याprati-°śyā, f., prati-°śyāya, m. a cold, catarrh, [Suśr.]; [Car.]
pratibādhप्रतिबाध्prati-√ bādh Ā. -bādhate (ep. also P. °ti), to beat back, ward off, repel, [MBh.]; [R.]; to check, restrain, [ŚBr.]; to pain, torment, vex, [Hariv.]; [R.]
pratibrūप्रतिब्रूprati-√ brū P. Ā. -bravīti, -brūve, to speak in reply, answer, [RV.] &c. &c. (also with 2 acc. [R.]); (Ā.) to answer i.e. return (an attack &c.), [RV.]; to refuse, deny, [BhP.]
pratibudhप्रतिबुध्prati-√ budh Ā. -budhyate (ep. also P. °ti), to awaken (intr.), awake, wake, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to perceive, observe, learn, [RV.] (2. pf. Subj. -búbodhatha; p. Ā. búdhyamāna, ‘attentive’), [AV.]; [Br.]; [BhP.]; to awaken (trans.), [RV.] : Pass. (only aor. abodhi) to expand, [BhP.] : Caus. bodhayati, to awaken (trans.), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [BhP.]; to instruct, inform, admonish, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to commission, charge, order, [MW.]
praticarप्रतिचर्prati-√ car P. -carati, to advance towards, approach, [RV.]; [TS.]; Caus. -cārayati See below.
praticudप्रतिचुद्prati-√ cud Caus. -coḍayati, to drive or urge on, impel, [R.]
pratidahप्रतिदह्prati-√ dah P. -dahati (fut. -dhakṣyati), to burn towards, encounter with flames, consume, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] : Pass. -dahyate (°ti), to be burnt or consumed by fire, [MBh.]
pratidṛśप्रतिदृश्prati—dṛś mfn. similar, like, [TS.]
prati-√ dṛś (ind.p. -dṛśya), to look at, behold, perceive, notice, [ŚBr.]; Ā. and Pass. -dṛśyate, to become visible, appear, appear as, be, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. -darśayati, to cause to see, show, teach, [MBh.]
prati-°dṛś See p. 662, col. 1.
pratidiśप्रतिदिश्prati-√ diś Caus. -deśayati, to point towards, point out, [MBh.]; to confess, [L.]
pratidivप्रतिदिव्prati-√ 2. div P. -dīvyati, to throw or cast against, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 59], Sch.; to play at dice with (acc.), to stake anything (gen. or acc.) at dice against, [AV.]; [MBh.]
pratidruप्रतिद्रुprati-√ dru (only aor. -adudruvat), to run towards (acc.), [Bhaṭṭ.]
pratiduhप्रतिदुह्prati-√ duh (P. impf. -aduhat aor. -adhukṣat), to add by milking, [TS.]; (P. Pot. -duhīyat, [A.] Subj. -dohate) to yield (like milk), grant, [RV.] (cf. [Nir. i, 7]).
prati-°dúh n. (nom. dhuk; gen. instr. also dhuṣas, °ṣā) fresh milk, milk still warm, [AV.]; [TS.]; [MaitrS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
pratigāhप्रतिगाह्prati-√ gāh Ā. -gāhate, to penetrate, enter, [R.]
pratigadप्रतिगद्prati-√ gad P. -gadati, to speak in return, answer, [MBh.]
pratigamप्रतिगम्prati-√ gam P. -gacchati, to go towards, go to meet, [RV.]; [MBh.] &c.; to go back, return, go home, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
pratigṛdhप्रतिगृध्prati-√ gṛdh P. -gṛdhyati, to be greedy or eager for (acc.), [MBh.]
pratihanप्रतिहन्prati-√ han P. -hanti (ep. also Ā. pf. -jaghne), to beat against (gen.), [TāṇḍBr.]; to attack, assail, [MBh.]; to strike down, [ib.]; to crush, break, [RV.]; to put on a spit, [ib.] [i, 32, 12]; to strike in return, strike back, ward off remove, dispel, check, prevent, frustrate, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with ājñām), to disregard a command, [Śiś.] : Pass. -hanyate, to be beaten back &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to be kept away from or deprived of (abl.), [Śaṃk.] : Caus. -ghātayati See under prati-gha.
pratiheṣप्रतिहेष्prati-√ heṣ Ā. -heṣate, to neigh towards (acc.), [Var.]
pratihṛṣप्रतिहृष्prati-√ hṛṣ Ā. -hṛṣyate, to show joy in return for anything, [MBh.] : Caus. harṣayati, to gladden, rejoice, [ib.]
pratihveप्रतिह्वेprati-√ hve Ā. -huváte, to call, [RV.]
pratijñāप्रतिज्ञाprati-√ 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. i, 3, 22], Sch.); (Ā.) to bring forward or introduce (a topic), [Nyāyam.], Sch.; to perceive, notice, learn, become aware of [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to remember sorrowfully (only in this sense P. by, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 46]; but really Ā. [MBh. xii, 8438]).
prati-°jñā f. See below.
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 five-membered Nyāya syllogism, [IW. 61]
(in law) a plaint, complaint, indictment, prosecution, [Yājñ.]
pratijñaप्रतिज्ञprati-°jña mfn. acknowledging (ifc.), [Vajracch.]
pratijanप्रतिजन्prati-√ jan Ā. -jāyate, to be born or produced again, [PraśnUp.]
pratijapप्रतिजप्prati-√ jap P. -japati, to mutter in response, [Gobh.]
pratijuṣप्रतिजुष्prati-√ juṣ Ā. -juṣate, to be kind or tender towards (acc.), honour, serve, [RV.]; to be gratified by, delight in (acc.), [ib.]
pratikūjप्रतिकूज्prati-√ kūj P. -kūjati, to coo or warble in return (with acc.), [R.]
pratikḷpप्रतिकॢप्prati-√ kḷp Ā. -kalpate (pf. -cākḷpe or -cakḷpe), to be at the service of (acc.), receive hospitably, [ŚBr.]; to regulate, arrange, [AV.]
pratikṣiप्रतिक्षिprati-√ kṣi (only pr. p. -kṣiyát, [RV.], -kṣyát, [TS.]), to settle near (acc.)
pratilabhप्रतिलभ्prati-√ labh Ā. -labhate, to receive back, recover, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to obtain, gain, partake of (acc.), [MBh.]; [BhP.]; to get back i.e. get punished, [MBh.]; to learn, understand, [MBh.]; [R.]; to expect, [R.] : Pass. -labhyate, to be obtained or met with, appear, [Śaṃk.] : Caus. -lambhayati, to provide or present with (instr.), [HPariś.]
pratilikhप्रतिलिख्prati-√ likh P. -likhati, to write back, answer by letter, [Mālav.]; to wipe off, cleanse, purify, [HPariś.]
pratilihप्रतिलिह्prati-√ lih Caus. -lehayati, to cause to lick at (2 acc.), [ŚBr.] (cf. prati-√ rih).
pratilubhप्रतिलुभ्prati-√ lubh Caus. -lobhayati, to illude, infatuate, [RV.]; to attract, allure, [MBh.]
pratimīvप्रतिमीव्prati-√ mīv P. -mīvati, to push or press back, [TS.]; to close by pressing, shut, [ŚBr.]
pratimanप्रतिमन्prati-√ man Ā. -manute, to render back in return or in reply, contrast with (also with 2 acc.), [VS.]; [ChUp.] : Caus. -mānayati, to honour, esteem, approve, consider, regard, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
pratimihप्रतिमिह्prati-√ mih P. -mehati, to make water in the direction of (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.]
pratimitप्रतिमित्prati-mít f. (√ mi) a prop, stay, support, [AV.]
pratimucप्रतिमुच्prati-√ muc P. Ā. -muñcati, °te, to put (clothes, a garland &c.) on (dat. gen. loc.), to fix or fasten on, append, [AV.] &c. &c.; (Ā., later also P.) to put on one's self, dress one's self, assume (a shape or form), [RV.] &c. &c.; to attach or fasten to (loc.), [KātyŚr.]; [BhP.]; to inflict on (loc.), [TBr.]; to set at liberty, release, let go, send away, [Ragh.]; [Rājat.]; [Kathās.]; to give up, resign, [Mṛcch.]; [Pañcat.]; to return, restore, pay back (as a debt), [MBh.]; to fling, hurl, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [R.] : Pass. -mucyate, to be freed or released from (abl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. -mocayati, to set free, rescue, save, [MBh.]
pratimudप्रतिमुद्prati-√ mud Ā. -modate (rarely P.) °ti, to rejoice at, welcome with joy, be glad to see (with acc., rarely gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. -modayate, to gladden, cheer, [ŚBr.] : Desid. of Caus. -mumodayiṣati, to wish to make cheerful, [ib.]
pratimuhप्रतिमुह्prati-√ muh Caus. -mohayati, to bewilder, confound, [AV.]
pratimuṭप्रतिमुट्prati-√ muṭ Caus. -moṭayati, to put an end to, kill, [Chandom.]
pratinadप्रतिनद्prati-√ nad P. -nadati, to sound back, answer with a cry or shout, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.: Caus. -nādayati, to cause to resound, make resonant, fill with cries, [ib.]
pratinamप्रतिनम्prati-√ nam (only pf. -nānāma), to bow or incline towards (acc.), [RV.]