As a deity name
Name 357 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 639 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अप्रतिरथ · adj
जिसका मुकाबला करनेवाला कोई वीर योद्धा न हो — Śabdasāgara
अप्रतिरथ · noun · masculine
अप्रतिम योद्धा या विर — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अप्रतिरथ" is अ- + प्रतिरथ: प्रतिरथ means "बराबरी का लड़नेवाला । वह जो मुकाबला करे, विशेषतः रयी", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अप्रतिरथ" is अ- + प्रतिरथ: प्रतिरथ means "बराबरी का लड़नेवाला । वह जो मुकाबला करे, विशेषतः रयी", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
who has no pratiratha or rival warrior, a matchless or unrivalled warrior; 2 Matchless
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
a-pratiratha mfn. id., ŚBr.; Śāk.
a-pratiratha m. N. of a Ṛṣi (son of Indra and composer of the hymn, RV. x, 103)
N. of a son of Rantināra, VP.
a-pratiratha n. N. of the above-named hymn (composed by Apratiratha), MaitrS.; ŚBr. &c.
apratiratha a. or — thaḥ 1 (A hero) who has no pratiratha or rival warrior, a matchless or unrivalled warrior; dauṣyaṃtimapratirathaṃ tanayaṃ niveśya Ś. 4. 19, Ś. 7, 7. 33. 2 Matchless Mv. 1. 46. — thaḥ N. of a Ṛṣi. — thaḥ, -thaṃ N. of a hymn composed by a˚; yadyātrāmaṃgalaṃ sāma tadapratirathaṃ viduḥ.
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