haṉcakruḥ

prati-paksha

an obstacle Divyâ̱v. ;
an adversary, opponent, foe ib. (ifc. = a rival in, match for, equal, similar Kāvyâd.);
a respondent, defendant (in law) W. ;
m. N. of a king VāyuP. ;
- graha m. the taking of the opposite side (- haṉcakruḥ, they took the oppñopposite side) MBh. ;
- caṇḍa-bhairava m. N. of the chief of a partic. sect Cat. ;
janman mfn. caused by the enemy. Ṡiṡ. ;
- tā f. ( BhP.), - tva n. ( Ṡaṃk.) opposition, hostility;
- kshita mfn. containing a contradiction, contradictory Bhāshāp. ;
nullified by a contradictory premiss (one of the 5 kinds of fallacious middle terms) MW.