pratIpa mf( A )n. ( fr. prati + ap ; cf. anUpa , dvIpa , samIpa ), ‘against the stream’, ‘ ag° the grain’, going in an opposite direction, meeting, encountering, adverse, contrary, opposite, reverse, MBh. ; R. ; Ragh. &c.
pratIpa a. [ pratigatAH Apo yatra , pratiap ac, apa Ip c ] 1 Contrary, unfavourable, adverse, opposite; tatpratIpapavanAdi vEkftaM R. 11. 62. 2 Reverse, inverted, out of order. 3 Backward, retrograde. 4 Disagreeable, displeasing. 5 Refractory, disobedient, obstinate, perverse; Pt. 1. 424. 6 Turned away, averted. 7 Meeting, encountering. 8 Hindering. — paH N. of a king, father of Saṃtanu and grand-father of Bhīṣma. — paM N. of a figure of speech in which the usual form of comparison is inverted, the upamAna being compared with the upameya ; pratIpamupamAnasyApyupameyatvakalpanaM . tvallocanasamaM padmaM tvadvaktrasadfSo viDuH .. Chandr. 5. 9 ; (for fuller definitions and explanation see K. P. 10 under pratIpa ). — paM ind. 1 On the contrary. 2 In an inverted order. 3 Against, in opposition to; BarturviprakftApi rozaRatayA mA sma pratIpaM gamaH Ś. 4. 17. Comp. — ga a. 1 going against. 2 adverse, unfavourable; tasya jAtu marutaH pratIpagAH R. 11. 58. — gamanaM, gatiH f. retrograde motion; Ku. 2. 25. — taraRaM going or sailing against the stream; V. 2. 5. — darSinI a woman. — vacanaM 1 contradiction. 2 a perverse or eva sive manner of speaking. — vipAkin a. producing the opposite result (recoiling on the doer); Māl. 5. 26.