pratīpa प्रतीप mf(A)n. (fr. prati + ap; cf. anūpa, dvīpa, samīpa), ‘against the stream’, ‘against the grain’, going in an opposite direction, meeting, encountering, adverse, contrary, opposite, reverse, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.] &c. inverted, out of order, [Suśr.]; [Var.] displeasing, disagreeable, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.] resisting, refractory, cross, obstinate impeding, hindering, [BhP.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. backward, retrograde turned away, averted, [W.] m. an adversary, opponent, [BhP.] N. of a prince, the father of Śāṃtanu and grandfather of Bhīṣma, [AV.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. n. (in rhet.) inverse comparison (e.g. ‘the lotus resembles thine eyes’, instead of the usual comparison ‘thine eyes resemble the lotus’; 5 forms are enumerated), [Kuval.]; [Pratāp.]; [Sāh.]; [Kpr.] N. of a gram. wk. n. against, [RV.] &c. &c. in return, [Bālar.] in inverted order, [Mn.] refractorily (with √ gam, to resist, [Śak.]; with abhy-upa-√ gam, to go against, oppose, [R.]) pratīpam प्रतीपम् pratīpám (ám), ind. against the stream, backwards pratīpaga प्रतीपग pratīpa—ga mf(A)n. going against, flowing against, flowing backwards, [Ragh.]; [Var.] pratīpaka प्रतीपक mfn. opposed to, hindering, hostile, [BhP.] m. N. of a prince, [ib.] pratīpaya प्रतीपय Nom. P. °yati, to oppose one's self to, be hostile to (loc.), [BhP.]; to cause to turn back, bring back, reverse, [Kum.] pratīpagati प्रतीपगति pratīpa—gati, f. ([VarBṛS.], Sch.) or pratīpa—gamana, n. ([ib.]; [Kum.]) a retrograde movement. pratīpagāmin प्रतीपगामिन् pratīpa—gāmin mfn. (ifc.) going against, acting in contravention to, [Daś.] pratīpadīpaka प्रतीपदीपक pratīpa—dīpaka n. a partic. figure of speech, [Bhaṭṭ.], Sch. pratīpagamana प्रतीपगमन pratīpa—gati, f. ([VarBṛS.], Sch.) or pratīpa—gamana, n. ([ib.]; [Kum.]) a retrograde movement. pratīpataraṇa प्रतीपतरण pratīpa—taraṇa n. sailing against the stream, [Vikr.] pratīpavacana प्रतीपवचन pratīpa—vacana n. contradiction, [Amar.] pratīpadarśanī प्रतीपदर्शनी pratīpa—darśanī or pratīpa—da°rśinī, f. ‘turning away the face’, a woman, [L.] pratīpadarśinī प्रतीपदर्शिनी pratīpa—darśanī or pratīpa—da°rśinī, f. ‘turning away the face’, a woman, [L.]