The Sanskrit terms Pratipakṣika and Prātipākṣika can be transliterated into English as Pratipaksika or Pratipakshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Prātipākṣika (प्रातिपाक्षिक) refers to the “therapeutic point of view” and represents one of the four Siddhānta (“points of view”, according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 1.—Accordingly: The Buddha preaches the Mahāprajñāpāramitāsūtra to explain the absolute point of view. There are four points of view (siddhānta): [e.g., the therapeutic point of view (prātipākṣika-siddhānta )], [...] In these four points of view (siddhānta) are contained, in its entirety, the twelve-membered scriptures and the eighty-four thousand baskets of the doctrine. All four points of view are true and do not contradict one another: in the Buddhadharma, there are realities of mundane order, realities of individual order, realities of antidotal order and realities of absolute order.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pratipakṣika (प्रतिपक्षिक).—adj. (= Pali paṭipakkhika), = prāti°, q.v.

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Prātipakṣika (प्रातिपक्षिक).—in mss. once prati°, adj. (Pali paṭi-pakkhika only; Sanskrit pratipakṣa plus -ika), adverse, oppo- site: duḥkha-°kaṃ sukhaṃ Bodhisattvabhūmi 25.12; vipakṣa-°kaś ca virodhaḥ 98.17; °kaṃ…karma 377.24; in 392.8 mss. tat-(sc. āśrava-)pratipakṣikaṃ (ed. em. prāti°) anāśravaṃ cittaṃ.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pratipakṣika (प्रतिपक्षिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍivakkhiya.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Pakshika, Prati.

Starts with: Pratipakshikasiddhanta.

Full-text: Padivakkhiya.

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