प्रतिहार

Monier-Williams · pratihāra
prati-hāra m. striking against, touch, contact (esp. of the tongue with the teeth in the pronunciation of the dentals) RPrāt ‖ shutting, closing, stopping (a-pr) TāṇḍBr ‖ N. of partic. syllables in the Sāman hymns (with which the Pratihartṛi begins to join in singing, generally at the beginning of the last Pada of a stanza ‖ also pratī-h AV. ŚāṅkhBr.) Br. ŚrS. &c ‖ N. of a partic. magical formula spoken over weapons R. (vḷ. ra-tara) ‖ (that which keeps back), a door, gate (also pratī-h L ‖ below) ‖ a door-keeper, porter Hariv. Kāv. Pur. &c. (also pratī-h ‖ du. two door-kṭkeeper i.e