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.])