pratihan | प्रतिहन् | pratihan
prati-√ han | प्रति-√ हन् | P. -hanti | -हन्ति | (ep. also Ā. pf. -jaṅne | -जङ्ने |), to beat against (gen.), TāṇḍBr.; to attack, assail, MBh.; to strike down, ib.; to crush, break, RV.; to put on a spit, ib. i, 32, 12; to strike in return, strike back, ward off remove, dispel, check, prevent, frustrate, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; (with ājẏām | आज्य़ाम् |), to disregard a command, Śiś. : Pass. -hanyate | -हन्यते |, to be beaten back &c., MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to be kept away from or deprived of (abl.), Śaṃk. : Caus. -ṅātayati | -ङातयति | See under prati-ṅa | प्रति-ङ |.