प्रत्यर्थ

{ pratyartha }

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रत्यर्थ [pratyartha] a.  a. useful, expedient.
   र्थम् A reply, an answer.
    hostility, opposition. ind. At every object, in every case.
-वेदनः   Of contrary sensitivity; Māta- ñga L.11.38.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रत्यर्थ  n.  ( -र्थं)
   1. A reply, an answer, a counter- representation.
   2. Oppo- sition, hostility.
  f.  ( -र्था) useful, expedient.
    E. प्रति successive order, and अर्थ representation.

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प्रति अर्थ