prati-√ 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.]