प्रतिहन्

{ pratihan }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रति-√ हन्    P. -हन्ति ( ep. also Ā. pf. -जघ्ने), 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 आज्ञाम्), to disregard a command, [Śiś.] :

Pass. -हन्यते, to be beaten back &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.;

to be kept away from or deprived of ( abl.), [Śaṃk.] :

Caus. -घातयति See under प्रति-घ.

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प्रति √ हन्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रतिहन् [pratihan]   2 [P.]
   To strike back or in return; (तं) विध्यन्तमुद्धृतसटाः प्रतिहन्तुमीषुः [R.9.6.]
   To ward off, keep off, prevent, oppose, resist; तोयस्येवाप्रतिहतरयः सैकतं सेतुमोघः [U.3.36;] प्रतिहतविघ्नाः क्रियाः समवलोक्य [Ś.1.13;] [Me.2;] [Ku.2.48;] [V.2.1.]
   To repel, drive back, repulse; अग्निवेगवहः प्राणो गुदान्ते प्रतिहन्यते [Mb.3.213.14.]
   To remove, destroy; यद्यत् पापं प्रतिजहि जगन्नाथ नम्रस्य तन्मे [Māl.1.3.]
   To counter-act, remedy.
   To disown, disavow.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WordNet

   See : प्रतिबन्ध