The Sanskrit term Pratikṛ can be transliterated into English as Pratikr or Pratikri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratikṛ (प्रतिकृ).—8 U.

1) To requite, pay back, repay, return; पूर्वं कृतार्थो मित्राणां नार्थं प्रतिकरोति यः (pūrvaṃ kṛtārtho mitrāṇāṃ nārthaṃ pratikaroti yaḥ) Rām.

2) To remedy, cure; व्याधिमिच्छामि ते ज्ञातुं प्रतिकुर्यां हि तत्र वै (vyādhimicchāmi te jñātuṃ pratikuryāṃ hi tatra vai) Mb.

3) To give back, restore, replace; प्रतिकुर्याच्च तत् सर्वम् (pratikuryācca tat sarvam) Manusmṛti 9.285 (com. vināśitaṃ sarvaṃ punarnavaṃ kuryāt).

4) To retaliate; R.12 94.

5) To counteract.

6) To repair, mend.

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

1) Pratikṛ (प्रतिकृ):—[=prati-√kṛ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -karoti, -kurute, ([infinitive mood] pratī-kartum, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]), to do or make an opposition, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa];

—to return, repay, requite (good or evil [accusative], with [genitive case] [dative case] or [locative case] of [person]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to counteract, resist ([accusative] or [genitive case]), [ib.];

—to treat, attend to, cure (a disease), [Suśruta];

—to repair, mend, restore, [Manu-smṛti];

—to pay back (a debt), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra] :

—[Causal] [Ātmanepada] -kārayate, to cause to be repeated, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Desiderative] -cikīrṣati, to wish to take revenge on ([accusative] or [locative case]) for ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) Pratikṝ (प्रतिकॄ):—[=prati-√kṝ] [Parasmaipada] -kirati, to scatter towards (cf. prati-s-√kṝ and, [Pāṇini 6-1, 141]).

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

Pratikṛ (प्रतिकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paḍiara, Paḍīkara.

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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: Kri, Prati.

Starts with: Pratikridha, Pratikrip, Pratikrishta, Pratikrit, Pratikrita, Pratikriti, Pratikritika, Pratikritisu, Pratikrittika, Pratikritya, Pratikriya, Pratikriyaatmak, Pratikriyam, Pratikriyashulinistotra, Pratikriyatmaka, Pratikriyatva, Pratikriye.

Ends with: Vipratikri.

Full-text (+7): Padiara, Pratikarin, Padikara, Praticikirshu, Pratikartri, Pratikriti, Pratikara, Pratikirna, Praticikirsh, Pratishkirna, Pratikriyam, Vipratikri, Pratikarajna, Pratikarakarman, Pratikaravidhana, Pratikriyashulinistotra, Pratikaraniya, Pratikarma, Vipratikara, Pratikrita.

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