Pratikula, Pratikūla, Prati-kula: 17 definitions

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Alternative spellings of this word include Pratikul.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल) refers to the “repugnant nature (of food)”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 35.—Accordingly, [while discussing the ten notions (daśasaṃjñā)]: “[...] Others say that the ten and the nine notions are equally detachment and, together, nirvāṇa. Why? [...] 5. When food is in the mouth, the cervical saliva runs down and, together with the mucus, becomes flavor, but swallowing is no different from vomiting, and penetrates the stomach: hence āhāre pratikūla-saṃjñā, the notion of the repugnant nature of food, [the fourth of the ten notions]. [...]”.

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
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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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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल) refers to “opposite”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “When Yama is an opponent [com.pratikūla—‘opposite’] of embodied souls, all elephants, horses, men, and soldiers and the powers of mantras and medicines become useless. While any person does not hear the merciless roaring of Yama’s lion, in that time he leaps about having pleasure in only [his own] power”.

Synonyms: Vipakṣa.

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections
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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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pratikūla (प्रतिकूल).—a S pop. pratikūḷa a Contrary, adverse, opposing, hostile. 2 Used as s n An adverse accident or occurrence.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pratikula (प्रतिकुल).—a pratikūḷa a Contrary, adverse. n An adverse accident.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल).—a.

1) unfavourable, adverse, contrary, hostile, opposite, प्रतिकूलतामुपगते हि विधौ विफलत्व- मेति बहुसाधनता (pratikūlatāmupagate hi vidhau viphalatva- meti bahusādhanatā) Śiśupālavadha 9.6; Kumārasambhava 3.24.

2) harsh, discordant. unpleasant, disagreeable; अप्यन्नपुष्टा प्रतिकूलशब्दा (apyannapuṣṭā pratikūlaśabdā) Kumārasambhava 1. 45.

3) inauspicious.

4) contradictory.

5) reverse, inverted.

6) perverse, cross, peevish, stubborn. °आचार- णम्, °आचरितम् (ācāra- ṇam, °ācaritam) any offensive or hostile action or conduct; प्रतिकूलाचरितं क्षमख मे (pratikūlācaritaṃ kṣamakha me) R.8.81. °उक्तम्, -क्तिः (uktam, -ktiḥ) f. a contradiction. °कारिन्, -कृत, -चारिन्, -वत्ति (kārin, -kṛta, -cārin, -vatti) a. opposing. °दर्शन (darśana) a. having an inauspicious or ungracious appearance. °प्रवर्तिन्, -वर्तिन् (pravartin, -vartin) a. acting adversely, taking an adverse course. °भाषिन् (bhāṣin) a. opposing, contradicting. °वचनम् (vacanam) disagreeable or unpleasant speech. °वादः (vādaḥ) contradiction. (pratikūlatā, -tvam adverseness, opposition, hostility. prati- kūlayati 'to oppose'.).

Pratikūla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and kūla (कूल).

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Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल).—ind.

1) adversely, contrarily.

2) inversely, in inverted order.

Pratikūla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and kūla (कूल).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल).—(?) , nt., would seem to be a part of a city gate: (teṣāṃ dvārāṇāṃ dvinnāṃ) varṇānāṃ pratikūlaṃ [Page361-b+ 71] abhūṣi, suvarṇasya ca rūpyasya ca Mahāvastu iii.228.8. The parallel passage i.195.10 ff. seems, as far as I see, to have no correspondent, unless far-reaching corruption has concealed relationship. Could this be for *prati-kūṭa, as if counter-pinnacle?

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

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Contrary, adverse, cross-grained, reverse, inverted. 2. Contradictory, cross, perverse. 3. Inauspicious. 4. Unpleasant, disagreeable. E. prati for pratīpa averted, and kūla a bank or shore.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल).—[prati-kūla], I. adj., f. . 1. Contrary, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 11261; disagreeable, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 104. 2. Contradictory, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 30, 14. 3. Hostile, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 80; pratikūleṣu sthita, Refractory, 9, 275. 4. Disastrous, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 7, 16. 5. Perverse, Mahābhārata 13, 3403. Ii. pratikūlam, adv. 1. Contrary, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 90, 26. 2. Inversely, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 31.

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

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल).—[adjective] adverse (lit. against the shore), contrary, opposite, unfavourable, inauspicious, rebellious, inimical; [abstract] [feminine]

— [neuter] inverted order, also as [adverb] kūlam inversely, contrarily.

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

1) Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल):—[=prati-kūla] mf(ā)n. ‘against the bank’ (opp. to anu-kūla q.v.), contrary, adverse, opposite, inverted, wrong, refractory, inimical, disagreeable, unpleasant, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [=prati-kūla] n. inverted order, opposition

3) [v.s. ...] (ena, in inv° o°, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]; leṣu sthitaḥ, offering opposition, [Manu-smṛti ix, 275])

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

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल):—[prati-kūla] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Contrary, adverse, reverse, opposed to.

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

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल):—(1. pra + kūla) adj. f. ā widrig (eig. und übertr.; Gegens. anukūla) [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 33. 3, 4, 1, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1465.] [Halāyudha 4, 58. 71. 5, 22.] māruta, vāyu [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 31.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 139.] daiva [Harivaṃśa 11261.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 8, 15.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 58.] [Śākuntala 7, 16.] jyotīṃṣi [Mahābhārata 3, 13085.] budha der Planet Mercur [Harivaṃśa 1356.] pratikūlaṃ taccakāra yamaśāsanam verkehrt [Mahābhārata 13, 3403.] vākya Gegenrede [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 14. 45, 1.] vākyamapratikūlam [44, 10.] śabda widrig, unangenehm [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 46.] adharmajanyaṃ duḥkhaṃ syātpratikūlaṃ sacetasām [Bhāṣāpariccheda 144.] dīpo netrāntarasyeva pratikūlāsi me dṛḍham [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 100, 17.] (tava) kariṣyanti pratikūlāni was Euch unangenehm ist [Mahābhārata 15, 348.] ātmanaḥ pratikūlāni pareṣāṃ na samācaret [Spr. 3047.] na tatparasya saṃdadhyātpratikūlaṃ yadātmanaḥ [1383.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 283.] [Suśruta 2, 537, 7.] [Mahābhārata 13, 126.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 21, 35.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 84, 18.] vedanīya [TARKAS. 53.] pratikūleṣu sthitān in Opposition stehend [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 275.] sich widersetzend, in Opposition stehend, widersetzlich, sich auflehnend wider (gen.); von Personen [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 80.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 142.] pratikūlaḥ pituryaśca na sa putraḥ satāṃ mataḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 3523. 3, 1355.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 44, 21. 45, 11.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 28, 7.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 69, 60. 72, 7.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 41, 16.] [SĀH. 75, 22.] (nahi) bauddhāśca naḥ pratikūlāḥ syuḥ [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 7. 104.] a [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 12.] sarvatrāpratikūlastasya [Mahābhārata 1, 741.] pratikūlam adv. entgegen, gegen die natürliche Weise, in umgekehrter Ordnung [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 14, 13.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 5, 7, 4.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 33, 7.] pra vavau vāyuḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 90, 26.] vartamāna [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 31.] pratikūlena dass. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 28, 9.] — Vgl. prātikūlika. prātikūlya .

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Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल):—feindselig gestimmt: svāmin [Spr. 5377.] — Die urspr. Bed. ist gegen das Ufer angehend.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल):——

1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) *gegen das Ufer angehend , bergauf gehend. — b) widrig (Wind , Schicksal , Gottheit , Gestirn , Vorzeichen). — c) entgegen gerichtet. vākya n. so v.a. Gegenrede. — d) verkehrt. — e) widrig , unangenehm. — f) feindselig gesinnt , sich widersetzend , widersetzlich , in Opposition stehend , sich auflehnend gegen (Gen.). —

2) pratikūlam Adv. entgegen , gegen die natürliche Weise , in umgekehrter Ordnung.

3) n. — a) umgekehrte Ordnung. lena in u. O. — b) Opposition. leṣu sthiṃtaḥ in O stehend.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍikūla.

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

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Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल) [Also spelled pratikul]:—(a) adverse, unfavourable; contrary; opposite; hostile; ~[kārī] opponent, adversary; ~[darśana] repulsive; ominous, inauspicious; ~[vāda] contradiction.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

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Pratikūla (ಪ್ರತಿಕೂಲ):—

1) [adjective] of or relating to the opposite bank (as of a river).

2) [adjective] not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; disadvantageous; unfavourfable.

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Pratikūla (ಪ್ರತಿಕೂಲ):—

1) [noun] the opposite bank (of a river).

2) [noun] an adverse, disadvantageous or unfavourable condition, thing, etc.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Nepali dictionary

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Pratikūla (प्रतिकूल):—adj. 1. reverse; adverse; disagreeable; opposed; negative; unfavorable; 2. hostile; opposite; rival; 3. contradictory;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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