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प्रतीपpratīpa

प्रतीप (pratīpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning going in an opposite direction, adverse, or contrary, inverted, out of order, displeasing, resisting, refractory, obstinate, impeding or hindering, backward or retrograde. Its 44 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Contrary / Adverse / Opposed / Against, Reversed / Inverted / Retrograde (Order/Motion), King Pratīpa (Proper Noun).

Root
गम् (gam)
Etymology
E. प्रति before अप् water, and the अ changed to इ by special rule
Definitions
44
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Meanings by context

Contrary / Adverse / Opposed / Against

9 definitions
going in an opposite direction, adverse, or contrary

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

against

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Contrary, unfavourable, adverse, or opposite

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

On the contrary.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Against, in opposition to

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Contrary or adverse. 2. Reversed. 3. Perverse, contradictory, or disordered. 4. Displeasing. 5. Refractory or obstructive.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Contrary, inverted, hostile, or unpleasant. 2. An adversary.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

contrary

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Adverse, contrary, or opposite. 2. Displeasing or offensive. 3. Resisting, perverse, or obstinate. 4. Turned away or averted. 5. The name of a prince, father of Shantanu. 6. An inverse comparison in rhetoric. 7. The name of a grammatical work.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Reversed / Inverted / Retrograde (Order/Motion)

8 definitions
inverted, out of order

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

against the stream, backwards

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

in inverted order

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Reverse, inverted, out of order

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Backward, retrograde

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

in an inverted order

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Inverted or out of order. 2. Adverse, opposed, or contrary. 3. Disagreeable or displeasing. 4. Obstinate, refractory, or disobedient. 5. Retrograde.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Backward. 2. Retrograde. 3. Contradictory. 4. Refractory or disobedient. 5. Adverse or against the stream.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

King Pratīpa (Proper Noun)

5 definitions
Name of a prince, the father of Shantanu and grandfather of Bhishma

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a king, father of Samtanu and grandfather of Bhishma.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of the father of Shantanu.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an ancient king

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a son of Dilipa and father of Devapi and others

— The Purana Index

Turned Away / Averted (Posture)

5 definitions
turned away

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Turned away, averted

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Turned away or having the face averted. 2. Moving backwards or against the natural course and stream. 3. Retrograde. 4. Disobedient, refractory, or perverse. 5. Cross or contradictory. 6. The father of Shantanu and grandfather of Bhishma. 7. Comparing new objects with an established standard, known as inverse comparison.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Averted or opposite. 2. The father of Shantanu. 3. Comparing the new with the old.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Turned away or having the face averted. 2. Backwards or moving against the natural course. 3. Retrograde. 4. Disobedient, refractory, or perverse. 5. Cross or contradictory. 6. Disagreeable or displeasing. 7. The father of Shantanu and grandfather of Bhishma. 8. Inverse comparison in rhetoric.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Disobedient / Refractory / Perverse (Behavior)

3 definitions
resisting, refractory, obstinate

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

refractorily

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Refractory, disobedient, obstinate, perverse

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rhetorical Figure (Inverse Comparison)

3 definitions
inverse comparison

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a figure of speech in which the standard of comparison is inverted and compared with the object being compared

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Name of a rhetorical figure of speech. 2. Against. 3. In an inverted order.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Disagreeable / Displeasing

2 definitions
displeasing

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Disagreeable, displeasing

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hindering / Obstructing

2 definitions
1. Impeding or hindering. 2. Backward or retrograde.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Hindering

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Meeting, Encountering, or Opponent

2 definitions
an adversary or opponent

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Meeting, encountering

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Other Proper Nouns (Work, Tithi)

2 definitions
The name of a grammatical work.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The first day of the paksha. 2. The time for sacrifices and oblations.

— The Purana Index

In Return / Reciprocally

1 definition
in return

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.