pratizeDaH 1 Keeping or warding off, driving away, expulsion; Vikr. 1. 8. 2 Prohibition; as in SAstrapatizeDaH . 3 Denial, refusal. 4 Negation, contradiction. 5 A negative particle. 6 An exception. Comp. — akzaraM , — uktiH f. words of denial, refusal; Ś. 3. 25. — upamA one of the several kinds of Upamā mentioned by Daṇḍin. It is thus explained: — na jAtu SaktiriMdoste muKena pratigarjinuM . kalaMkino jaqasyeti pratizeDApamEva sA .. Kāv. 2. 34.