The Sanskrit term Pratiṣidh can be transliterated into English as Pratisidh or Pratishidh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratiṣidh (प्रतिषिध्).—1 P. or Caus.

1) To prevent, ward off, restrain; Manusmṛti 2.26; इति शत्रुषु चेन्द्रियेषु च प्रतिषिद्धप्रसरेषु जाग्रतौ (iti śatruṣu cendriyeṣu ca pratiṣiddhaprasareṣu jāgratau) R.8.23.

2) To forbid, prohibit; नृपतेः प्रतिषिद्धमेव तत् कृतवान् पङ्क्तिरथो विलङ्घ्य यत् (nṛpateḥ pratiṣiddhameva tat kṛtavān paṅktiratho vilaṅghya yat) R.9.74.

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

Pratisidh (प्रतिसिध्).—drive away, ward off, seek to divert from ([ablative]); omit, suppress; prevent, forbid, refuse, deny. [Causative] ward off, keep back, refuse, forbid, deny.

Pratisidh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and sidh (सिध्).

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

Pratiṣidh (प्रतिषिध्):—[=prati-ṣidh] (2 √sidh) [Parasmaipada] -ṣedhati ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada] te), to drive away, [Ṛg-veda];

—to keep back, ward off, prevent, restrain from ([ablative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to forbid, prohibit, disallow, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.:—[Causal] -ṣedhayati, to keep back, prevent, restrain, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to prohibit, interdict, [Āpastamba; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa];

—to deny, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

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

Pratisidh (प्रतिसिध्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍiseha.

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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: Sidh, Prati.

Ends with: Sampratisidh.

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