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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratiyogin (प्रतियोगिन्).—a.

1) Opposing, counteracting, impeding.

2) Related or corresponding to, being or forming a counter-part of (anything); often used in works on Nyāya; as a घट (ghaṭa) is the प्रतियोगी (pratiyogī) of घटाभाव (ghaṭābhāva); (yasyābhāvo vivakṣyate sa pratiyogī).

3) Co-operating with.

4) Equally matched. -m.

1) An adversary, opponent, enemy; आर्थो विरोधः शक्तेन जातो नः प्रतियोगिना (ārtho virodhaḥ śaktena jāto naḥ pratiyoginā) Mv.2.7; दहत्यशेषं प्रतियोगि- गर्वम् (dahatyaśeṣaṃ pratiyogi- garvam) Vikr.1.117.

2) A counter-part, match.

3) A partner, an associate,

4) An object dependent upon another.

5) A counter-part, counter-entity; प्रतियोगि- ज्ञानाधीनज्ञानविषयत्वमभावलक्षणम् (pratiyogi- jñānādhīnajñānaviṣayatvamabhāvalakṣaṇam).

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

Pratiyogin (प्रतियोगिन्).—mfn. (-gī-ginī-gi) 1. Who or what impedes or opposes. 2. What co-operates with. m. (-gī) 1. An opponent. 2. A partner, an associate. 3. A counterpart. 4. Any thing or object dependent upon another and not existing without it. E. pratiyoga, and ini aff.

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

Pratiyogin (प्रतियोगिन्).—i. e. prati -yuj + in, and pratiyoga + in, I. adj., f. nī. 1. Who or what impedes. 2. Connected. Ii. m. 1. An opponent. 2. A counterpart. 3. Any thing or object depending upon another and not existing without it. 4. The counter-entity of a negation, i. e. that thing of which there is a negation. (Cf. a-, adj., Bhāṣāp. 68; the meaning is, that in a true vyāpti the middle term is always found with the major, and this latter cannot be incapable of being found where the middle term is, i. e. in the minor term.)

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

Pratiyogin (प्रतियोगिन्).—[adjective] = [preceding]; [masculine] = seq.

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

1) Pratiyogin (प्रतियोगिन्):—[=prati-yogin] [from prati-yuj] mfn. idem, [Tarkasaṃgraha; Śaṃkarācārya; Taittirīya-saṃhitā [Scholiast or Commentator]] etc. (cf. a-pratiy)

2) [v.s. ...] m. an adversary, rival, [Mahāvīra-caritra]

3) [v.s. ...] any object dependent upon another and not existing without it, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] a partner, associate, [ib.]

5) [v.s. ...] a counterpart, match, [ib.]

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

Pratiyogin (प्रतियोगिन्):—[(gī-ginī-gi) a.] Co-operating, aiding; opposing.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Yogin, Prati.

Starts with: Pratiyoginirupana.

Ends with: Apratiyogin.

Full-text: Apratiyogin, Tadatmya, Pratiyogita, Akrama.

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