pratihan
prati-√ han P. -hanti ( ep. also Ā. pf. -jaGne ), 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 AjYAm ), to disregard a command, Śiś. : Pass. -hanyate , to be beaten back &c., MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to be kept away from or deprived of ( abl. ), Śaṃk. : Caus. -GAtayati See under prati-Ga .