apratidhura

in carrying burdens (as a horse; liter. without another

carrying burdens alike); e. g. in the Śatapath.: aśvaṃ niktvo-

dānayanti…yo dakṣiṇāyāṃ dhuryapratidhuraḥ (Harisvāmin:

pratidhārayitā pratidhuraḥ . nāsti pratidhuro'syetyapratidhuraḥ).

E. a priv. and pratidhura (from dhṛ with prati, according to the

quoted explanation; or perhaps more correctly, a Bahuvr.

of prati and dhurā or of prati and dhur, burden, samās. aff. a,

i. e. ‘having or bearing a like burden’).