māmpr-

práti

towards, near to;
against, in opposition to;
back, again, in return;
down upon, upon, on;
before nouns it expresses alsoﾠ likeness orﾠ comparison (cf. prati-candra);
orﾠ it forms Avyayibhāvas of different kinds (cf. prati-kshaṇam, prati-graham, praty-agni etc.;
rarely ifc. e.g.. sūpaprati, a little broth Pāṇ. 2-1, 9);
orﾠ as a prep. with usually preceding acc., in the sense of towards, against, to, upon, in the direction of (e.g.. ṡabdamp-, in the dirñdirection of the sound R. ;
agnimpr-, against the fire Mn. ;
alsoﾠ praty-agni ind. Pāṇ. 6-2, 33 Sch. ;
ripumpr-, against the enemy Mn. ;
ātmānampr-, to one's self Ratnâv.);
opposite, before, in the presence of (e.g.. rodasīpr-, befñbefore heaven andﾠ earth RV.);
in comparison, on a par with, in proportion to (e.g.. indrampr-, in comparñcomparison with little RV. ;
sahasrāṇipr-, on a par with i.e. equivalent to thousands ib. ;
alsoﾠ with abl. orﾠ - tas;
cf. Pāṇ. 1-4, 92; II, 3, 11);
in the vicinity of, near, beside, at, on (e.g.. yūpampr-, near the sacrificial post AitBr. ;
gaṅgāmpr-, at orﾠ on the Ganges R. ;
etatpr-, at this point TS. ;
āyodhanampr-, on the field of battle MBh.);
at the time of, about, through, for (e.g.. phālgunampr-, about the month Phālguna Mn. ;
cirampr-, for a long time MBh. ;
bhṛiṡampr-, often, repeatedly Car.);
orﾠ used distributively (cf. Pāṇ. 1-4, 90)
to express at every, in orﾠ on every, severally
(e.g.. yajñampr-, at every sacrifice Yājñ. ;
yajñaṉyajñampr- TS. ;
varshampr-, every year, anually Pañcat. ;
in this sense often comp.;
cf. above);
in favour of, for ( Pāṇ. 1-4, 90 e.g.. pāṇḍavānpr-, in favour of the Pāṇ. MBh.);
on account of, with regard to, concerning ( Pāṇ. ib. ;
e.g.. sīmāmpr-, conconcerning a boundary Mn. ;
gautamampr-, with regñregard to Ganges R.);
conformably orﾠ according to (e.g.. māmpr-, accñaccording to me, i.e. in my opinion Mālav. ;
cf. māmpratyaraṇyavatpratibhāti, « it seems to me like a forest» Hit. ;
nabubhukshitampratibhātikiṉcit, « to a hungry man nothing is of any account» Kāṡ. on Pāṇ. 2-3, 2);
as, for (after a verb meaning, to regard orﾠ consider; cf. Vikr. IV, 69);
orﾠ as prep. with abl. in return orﾠ as compensation for, instead orﾠ in the place of (Pāṇ. 1-4, 92 Sch.) ;
with abl. orﾠ - tas seeﾠ above;
with abl. orﾠ gen. (?) to express, « about», « at the time of» (only prñprativastoḥ, « at daybreak» RV.);
as prep. with gen. = with reference to Hariv. 10967. ;
+ cf. Zd. paiti;
Gk. προτί, ποτί, πρός
prati

2) m. N. of a son of Kuṡa BhP.