prati-√ 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).