Pratyanika, ʰٲⲹī첹, Prati-anika: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)ʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�) refers to one of the 93 ṃk (“figures of speech�) mentioned by Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century) in his Kāvyavilāsa and is listed as one of the 89 ٳṃk (figure of speech determined by the sense, as opposed to sound).—Bhāmaha and Udbhaṭa have not mentioned ٲⲹī첹. It is Rudraṭa who has first introduced this figure of speech. According to Mammaṭa and Ruyyaka (A. S. P. 164) when a person fails to injure his enemy directly and chooses anyone related to the enemy as his target of attack, it is the figure ٲⲹī첹. Viśvanātha has expressed the same opinion regarding ٲⲹī첹.
Cirañjīva defines ٲⲹī첹 —�ٲⲹī첹� balavata� śatro� pakṣe parākrama��.—“When prowess is shown towards one who is related with the stubborn enemy, it is the figure ٲⲹī첹�. In fact when an enemy is too much powerful and he can not be conquered then if any one in his side is described to be defeated it is ٲⲹī첹. Cirañjīva’s idea of ٲⲹī첹 is the same with the conception of Jayadeva expressed in the 䲹Իǰ첹.
Example of the ٲⲹī첹-alaṃkāra:�
aśakto’ya� tāvattava vadanasaundaryavijaye sudhādhāmā dhāmaprasararabhasādetya sahasā |
sarojāta� jātu spuṭatadanukārīti matito niśāyā� sāyānhāvadhi malinayatyeva mahasā ||“Being unable to conquere the beauty of your face, the cold rayed moon being delighted to spread its rays suddenly, turnish the lotus grown in lakes with rays starting from evening to night with the idea that it clearly resembles the face�.
Notes: In this verse the cold-rayed moon being unable to conquere the beauty of the face of the lady, turnish the lotus grown in lake which is in the side of the enemy as it imitates the beauty of the face of the lady. This description, gives rise to the figure of speech ٲⲹī첹.

Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, 屹ⲹśٰ) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�).�a
1) hostile, opposed, inimical.
2) resisting, opposing.
3) opposite.
4) equal, vying with.
-첹� an enemy. (-kam) 1 hostility, enmity, hostile attitude or position; � शक्ताः प्रत्यनीकेषु स्थातु� मम सुरासुरा� (na śaktā� pratyanīkeṣu sthātu� mama surāsurā�) 峾.
ʰٲⲹī첹 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and ī첹 (अनॶ�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�).—m.
(-첹�) An enemy. n.
(-첹�) Injuring one who cannot retaliate. E. prati against, ī첹 an army.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�).—i. e. prati-ī첹, I. adj. sbst. Hostile, an enemy, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 24, 30. Ii. n. 1. A hostile army, Mahābhārata 7, 1986. 2. Enmity, 6, 571.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�).—[adjective] hostile, opposite; [masculine] enemy, rival; [neuter] enmity, hostile army.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�):—[=praty-ī첹] [from praty > prati] mfn. hostile, opposed, injuring (with [genitive case])
2) [v.s. ...] withstanding, resisting, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
3) [v.s. ...] opposite, [Suśruta; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
4) [v.s. ...] equal, vying with, [Kāvyādarśa]
5) [v.s. ...] m. an adversary, enemy, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] n. a hostile army, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
7) [v.s. ...] hostility, enmity, a hostile relation, h° position, rivality (sg. and [plural]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] injuring the relatives of an enemy who cannot be injured himself, [Pratāparudrīya; Kāvyaprakāśa; Kuvalayānanda]
9) [v.s. ...] injuring one who cannot retaliate (?), [Horace H. Wilson]
10) ʰٲī첹 (प्रत्यानी�):—[=ٲ-ī첹] [from praty > prati] m. (with Ჹ) a [particular] personification, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�):—[ٲⲹ+ī첹] (첹�) 1. m. An enemy. n. Injuring the helpless.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ʰٲⲹī첹 (प्रत्यनी�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ʲṇīy, ʲḍaṇīa, ʲḍiṇҲ.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusʰٲⲹī첹 (ಪ್ರತ್ಯನೀ�):�
1) [noun] a man who feels enmity, hatred or malice toward another person; an enemy; a foe.
2) [noun] the military force of one’s enemy.
3) [noun] a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism; enmity.
4) [noun] an averting, turning aside, preventing something or something being averted, turned aside or prevented from happening.
5) [noun] (rhet.) a kind of figure of speech used in describing the act of a person who injures the relatives of an enemy instead of the enemy himself.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Praty, Anika, Prati.
Starts with: Pratyanikabhava, Pratyanikalamkara, Pratyanikatva.
Full-text: Pratyanikabhava, Pratyanikatva, Vipratyanika, Pratyanikalamkara, Padania, Padinaya, Vipratipratyanika, Paccaniya, Paccatthika, Paccanika, Pirattiyanikavalankaram, Vacyalankara, Alamkara.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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