prAtipaTika
prātipathika , m. (or adj. ; to Pali paṭipatha, opposite way ; cf. AMg. paḍipahia, and acc. to Sheth pāḍi°, defined by Sheth like our word, but by Ratnach. as waylayer , i.e. highwayman ), one met along the way, going in the opposite direction : sa ca panthānaṃ gacchan °thikān pṛcchati Divy 242.21 .