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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्).—a. (-nī f.) Hostile, opposing, inimical to; नास्मि भवत्योरीश्वरनियोगप्रत्यर्थी (nāsmi bhavatyorīśvaraniyogapratyarthī) V.2.

2) Emulating.

3) Contradicting. -m.

1) An opponent, adversary, enemy.

2) A rival, equal, match; चन्द्रो मुखस्य प्रत्यर्थी (candro mukhasya pratyarthī).

3) (In law) A defendant; स धर्मस्थसखः शश्वदर्थिप्रत्यर्थिनां स्वयम् (sa dharmasthasakhaḥ śaśvadarthipratyarthināṃ svayam) R.17.39; Manusmṛti 8.79; प्रत्यर्थिनोऽग्रतो लेख्यं यथावेदितमर्थिना (pratyarthino'grato lekhyaṃ yathāveditamarthinā) Y.2.6.

4) An obstacle or impediment.

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

Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्).—mfn. (-rthī-rthinī-rthi) 1. Hostile, inimical. 2. Opposing, contradicting, rejecting. m. (-rthī) 1. An enemy. 2. (In law,) A defendant. E. prati again, against (re), artha meaning, intention, &c. ini aff.

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

Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्).—i. e. pratiarthin, m. A defendant, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 71.

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

Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्).—[adjective] hostile, inimical; emulating with (—°). [masculine] opponent, adversary, rival; defendant ([jurisprudence]).

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

1) Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्):—[=praty-arthin] [from praty-arth] mfn. hostile, inimical

2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) opposing, rivalling, emulating, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] m. an adversary, opponent, rival, [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] (in law) a defendant, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya] etc.

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

Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्):—[pratya+rthin] (rthī) 5. m. Enemy; a defendant. a. Hostile, opposing.

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

Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paccatthi.

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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: Praty, Arthin.

Starts with: Pratyarthibhuta.

Ends with: Sukhapratyarthin, Vijayapratyarthin.

Full-text: Pratyarthibhuta, Vijayapratyarthin, Pratyarthitva, Pratyarthita, Sukhapratyarthin, Pratyarthyavedana, Pratyarthaka, Paccatthi, Sukhapratyarthita, Pratyarthika, Paccatthika.

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