prati-√ 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.