pratinaya ( m. ? cf. pratināyaka, acc. to pw 7.389 Ebenbild, Gegenstück ), imitation, matching, copying (but I have not found prati-nī, or MIndic equivalent, recorded in this mg. ): (seeking the company and advice of good friends, kalyāṇamitra) tad-guṇa-pratinayeṣu prayujyamāno ( and applying yourself to the imitation of their virtues ) na parikhidyase … Gv 386.8 .