# प्रतिलोम (pratiloma)

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प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) is a Sanskrit word meaning against the grain or natural order, reverse or inverted, adverse, hostile, or unpleasant, low, vile, left, not right, contrary to caste. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Multi-faceted Adjectival Definitions, Proper Noun: A Man and His Descendants, Reversed, Inverted, Contrary to Natural Order (Adjectival).

- **SLP1:** `pratiloma`  **IAST:** pratiloma  **Devanagari:** प्रतिलोम
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratiloma
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pratiloma/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** प्रतिलोमा (pratilomā)

## Meanings by context

### Multi-faceted Adjectival Definitions (5 definitions)
- 1. Left. 2. Reverse or contrary to the natural course. 3. Vile or depraved. 4. Contrary to caste.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रति (prati) लोम (pratiloma) [Printed book page 566 ] प्रति (prati) लोम (pratiloma) mfn. ( - मः - मा - मं (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) ) 1 Left, not right. 2 Reverse, inverted, contrary to the natural course or order, against the hair or grain. 3 Low, vile, base, depraved. 4 In law, contrary to caste. E. प्रति (prati) reverting, and लोमन् (loman) hair of the body, aff. अच् (ac). [ ID=26134 ]
- 1. Left, not right. 2. Reverse. 3. Low, base.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) [Printed book page 508-a ] प्रति - लोम (prati-loma) ( मः - मा - मं ) ((maḥ-mā-maṃ)) a. Left, not right; reverse; low, base. [ ID=25625 ]
- 1. Inverted or contrary to the natural order. 2. Born from a mother of a higher caste than her husband. 3. Hostile. 4. Base, low, or vile.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) [Printed book page 461-43 ] प्रति - लोम (prati-loma) n. 1. contrary to the natural order, inverted; 2. contrary as regards caste (applied to the issue of a woman higher in caste than her husband); 3. hostile; 4. base, low, vile. [ ID=24071 ]
- 1. Left. 2. Reverse or contrary to the natural course. 3. Hostile. 4. Base or depraved. 5. Born from a union where the woman is of a higher caste than the man.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रति (prati) लोम (pratiloma) [Printed book page 481-b ] प्रति (prati) लोम (pratiloma) mfn. ( - मः - मा - मं (-maḥ-mā-maṃ) ) 1. Left, not right. 2. Reverse, inverted, contrary Page482-a+ 60 to the natural course or order, against the hair or grain. 3. Hostile. 4. Low, vile, base, depraved. 5. In law, contrary to caste, (applied to the issue of a woman higher in caste than her husband.) E. प्रति (prati) reverting, and लोमन् (loman) hair of the body, aff. अच् । (ac.) [ ID=26621 ]
- 1. Inverted or contrary to the natural order. 2. Left. 3. Low or vile.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) [Printed book page 0594-a ] प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) pratiloma, i. e. prati-loman, adj., f. mā. 1. Inverted. contrary to the natural order (regarding the inter- mixture of castes, where the mother is of a higher caste than the father), Man. 10, 25. 2. Left. 3. Low, vile. [ ID=9609 ]

### Proper Noun: A Man and His Descendants (2 definitions)
- a man's name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 663,1] प्रति (prati) — लोम (—loma) m. N. of a man [ ID=131783 ]
- his descendants  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > प्रति (prati) — लोम (—loma) m. pl. his descendants g. उपका (upakā) दि (di) [ ID=131784 ]

### Reversed, Inverted, Contrary to Natural Order (Adjectival) (2 definitions)
- 1. Against the grain or natural order. 2. Reverse or inverted.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 663,1] प्रति (prati) — लोम (—loma) mf( आ (ā) )n. against the hair or grain ( opp. to अनु - ल् (anu-l) ° (°) ), contrary to the natural course or order, reverse, inverted [ ID=131777 ]
- Reverse, inverted, or contrary.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) [Printed book page 336 ] प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) a. against the hair or grain, reverse, inverted, contrary; °—, n., & ° तस् (°tas) † adv. [ ID=20425 ]

### Adverb: In a Reversed/Contrary Manner (1 definition)
- against the grain or in reversed order  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3C) [Printed book page 663,1] प्रति (prati) — लोमम् (—lomam) ( ibc. and अम् (am) ind. ) against the hair, ag° the grain, in reversed or inverted order, TS.; Br.; ĀśvŚr. &c. [ ID=131782 ]

### Adverb: Unfriendly, Unpleasantly (1 definition)
- in an unfriendly or unpleasant manner  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3C) [Printed book page 663,1] प्रति (prati) — लोमेन (—lomena) ( एन (ena) ), ind. in an unfriendly manner, unpleasantly, Cāṇ. [ ID=131787 ]

### Comprehensive Lexicographical Entry (Multiple Word Classes & Meanings) (1 definition)
- 1. Contrary to the natural course or order, reverse, or inverted. 2. Disagreeable or hostile. 3. Low, vile, or depraved. 4. Left, not right. 5. Contrary to caste, where the mother is of a higher caste than the father.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) [Printed book page 0619-b ] प्रतिलोम (pratiloma) prati-loma, as, ā, am, against the hair or grain (opposed to anu-loma ), contrary to the natural course or order, reverse, inverted; dis- agreeable, unpleasant; hostile; low, vile, base, de- praved; left, not right; contrary to caste (where the mother is of a higher caste than the father); ( am ), n. any disagreeable or injurious act; ( as ), m., N. of a man; ( ās ), m. pl., N. of the descendants of Prati-loma; ( am ), ind. against the hair, against the grain, in reversed or inverted order. —Pratiloma-ja, as, ā, am, born in the inverse order of the classes (as of a Kṣatriya father and Brāhmaṇī mother, or of a Vaiśya father and Kṣatriyā or Brāhmaṇī mother, in which cases the wife is of a higher caste than the husband; cf. Manu X. 16). —Pratiloma-tas, ind. against the grain, invertedly, in inverted order or series; on account of the inversion of the order of the castes. —Pratilomānuloma-tas (°ma-an°), ind. in an unfriendly and friendly manner. [ ID=31237 ]

### Contrary to Caste Order (in mixed unions) (1 definition)
- contrary to caste  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > contrary to caste (where the mother is of a higher caste than the father), ib. [ ID=131781 ]

### Cross-reference / Metadata (1 definition)
- see under prati  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1330,3] प्रति (prati)- लोम (prati-loma) see under प्रति (prati), p. 663, col. 1. [ ID=131787.1 sup ]

### Hostile, Adverse, Disagreeable (Negative Quality) (1 definition)
- Adverse, hostile, or unpleasant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > adverse, hostile, disagreeable, unpleasant [ ID=131778 ]

### Left (Directional) (1 definition)
- left, not right  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > left, not right, W. [ ID=131780 ]

### Low, Vile, Base (Moral/Social Characteristic) (1 definition)
- low, vile  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > low, vile, ŚBr.; RPrāt.; ŚrS. &c. [ ID=131779 ]

### Noun (fem.): A Specific Incantation (recited in reverse) (1 definition)
- a particular incantation recited in reverse order  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 663,1] प्रति (prati) — लोमा (—lomā) ( आ (ā) ), f. a partic. incantation (to be recited from the end to the beginning), Kathās. [ ID=131785 ]

### Noun (neut.): A Disagreeable or Injurious Act (1 definition)
- any disagreeable or injurious act  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > प्रति (prati) — लोम (—loma) n. any disagreeable or injurious act [ ID=131786 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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