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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratikarman (प्रतिकर्मन्).—n.

1) Requital, retaliation; उषिता स्मो वने वासं प्रतिकर्म चिकीर्षवः (uṣitā smo vane vāsaṃ pratikarma cikīrṣavaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.58.18.

2) Redress, remedy, counter-action; पश्येव कृतव्रणप्रतिकर्मा वत्सराजः (paśyeva kṛtavraṇapratikarmā vatsarājaḥ) Pratijñā 2.

3) Personal decoration, dress, toilet; (abalāḥ) प्रतिकर्म कर्तुमुपचक्रमिरे समये हि सर्वमुपकारि कृतम् (pratikarma kartumupacakramire samaye hi sarvamupakāri kṛtam) Śiśupālavadha 9.43;5.27; Kumārasambhava 7.6; आविष्कृताङ्गप्रतिकर्मरम्यं बिभीषणं वाचमुवाच माता (āviṣkṛtāṅgapratikarmaramyaṃ bibhīṣaṇaṃ vācamuvāca mātā) Bk. 12.1.; विभूषितेयं प्रतिकर्मनित्या (vibhūṣiteyaṃ pratikarmanityā) Rām.2.37.35.

4) Opposition, hostility.

5) Bodily suffering; सा कृष्णमाराधय सौहृदेन प्रेम्णा च नित्यं प्रतिकर्मणा च (sā kṛṣṇamārādhaya sauhṛdena premṇā ca nityaṃ pratikarmaṇā ca) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.224.4.

6) Expiatory, and welfare rituals (śāntikapauṣṭikādi karma); प्रतिकर्म पराचार ऋत्विजां स्म विधीयते (pratikarma parācāra ṛtvijāṃ sma vidhīyate) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.79.2.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratikarman (प्रतिकर्मन्).—[prati-karman], n. 1. Dress, personal embellishment, [Śiśupālavadha] 5, 27. 2. Requital, Mahābhārata 4, 1841. 3. Redress, opposing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratikarman (प्रतिकर्मन्).—[neuter] counterworking, cure, remedy; dress, decoration.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pratikarman (प्रतिकर्मन्):—[=prati-karman] [from prati-kṛ] n. requital, retaliation, corresponding action, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] counteraction, cure, medical treatment, [Caraka]

3) [v.s. ...] decoration, toilet, personal adornment, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratikarman (प्रतिकर्मन्):—[prati-karman] (rmmā) 5. n. Dress, decoration; retaliation; remedy.

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

Pratikarman (प्रतिकर्मन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍikamma.

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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: Prati, Karma.

Ends with: Apratikarman, Nishpratikarman.

Full-text: Pratikarma, Apratikarman, Padikamma, Aprativarnaniya, Piratikarumam.

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