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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रत्युपकारpratyupakāra1 Returning a service or kindness, requital of an obligation, service in return.
    1. 1 Returning a service or kindness, requital of an obligation, service in return.
    2. Mutual assistance.

    In the Gita17·21

    यत्तु प्रत्त्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः ।

    yattu prattyupakārārthaṁ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ, — The rajasic kind of giving is that which is done with unwillingness or violence to oneself or with a personal and egoistic object or in the hope of a… 17·21
    • प्रत्युपकारार्थंpratyupakārārthaṁthe compound noun pratyupakāra (a return of help) with the suffix artham having the sense of the Dative case-termination (in the hope of a return of some kind).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्रत्युपकारpratyupakāra[prati ͜ upa-kâra] m. requital of kindness, service in return; -kârin, a. re turning a kindness; requiting…

    [prati ͜ upa-kâra] masculine requital of kindness, service in return; -kârin, adjective re turning a kindness; requiting (--˚); -kriyâ, feminine; also equal for requital of kindness, service in return; -desa, masculine instruction in return; -panna mati, adjective possessed of presence of mind: -tva, neuter presence of mind; -bhoga, masculine enjoyment; -mâna, neuter counter-simile; -vesa, masculine beset ting or besieging (any one in order to make him yield); -sthâna, neuter imminence; -sthâ pana, neuter (mental) realisation; -sparsana, neuter renewed washing or rinsing; -hâra, masculine re storation, restitution.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रत्युपकारpratyupakāram. returning a service or favour, gratitude MBh. Ka1v. &c.

    masculine gender returning a service or favour, gratitude MBh. Ka1v. etc.

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  2. पुनःप्रत्युपकारpunaḥpratyupakāram. retribution, retaliation Pan5c.

    masculine gender retribution, retaliation Pan5c.

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  3. प्रत्युपकारिन्pratyupakārinmfn. requiting a favour, grateful R.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective requiting a favour, grateful R.

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