प्रतीहार

{ pratīhāra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PRATĪHĀRA   A King born of the race of Bharata. Pratīhāra was the son of Parameṣṭhī and the father of Pratihartā. [Chapter 1, Aṃśa 2, Viṣṇu Purāṇa] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रती—हार  m.  m. (in most meanings) = प्रति-हार, q.v.

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प्रती हार

प्रती-कार   a partic. alliance, [L.] ( w.r. for above)

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प्रती कार

N. of a family of kings, [Cat.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्रतीहार  m.  ( रः)
1. A door.
2. A porter, a warder.
3. An agreement for return of assistance, alliance, confederacy.
 f.  ( -री) A female door-keeper; (though this word is a feminine in form, is not necessarly so in sense.)
E. प्रति severally, mutually, हृ to convey, aff. घञ्; also प्रतिहार .

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प्रति हृ घञ्; प्रतिहार .