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pṛपृcl. 3. P. ([Dhātup. xxv, 4]) píparti (3. pl. píprati, [RV.]; Impv. pipṛhi, [BhP.]; para, [VS.]; cl. 9. P. pṛṇāti, ‘to protect’, [Dhātup. xxxi, 19]; pf. 3. pl. pipruḥ, [BhP.] [= pūrṇāḥ, Sch.]; aor. Subj. parṣi, parṣati, parṣa, pāriṣat, [RV.] ; apārīt, [Bhaṭṭ.]; inf. parṣáṇi, [RV.]), to bring over or to (acc.), bring out of, deliver from (abl.), rescue, save, protect, escort, further, promote, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [BhP.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to surpass, excel (acc.), [RV. viii, 50, 8]; [AV. xi, 5, 1]; [2]; to be able (with inf.), [BhP.] : Caus. pāráyati (ep. and mc. also °te; aor. apīparat; Pass. pāryate), to bring over or out, rescue, protect, save, preserve, keep alive, [RV.] &c. &c.; to get over, overcome, bring to an end, [ib.]; to resist, withstand, be a match for (acc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be capable of or able to (with an inf. which after pāryate has a pass. sense; cf. √ śak and [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 66], Sch.), [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c.
[cf. Gk. περάω, πόρος, πορεύεσθαι; Lat. porta, peritus; Slav. pirati; Germ. fahren; Eng. to fare.]
cl. 5. P., cl. 6. Ā. pṛṇoti or priyate ([Dhātup. xxvii, 12]; [xxviii, 109]), to be busy or active (only in ā-√ pṛ and vy-ā-√ pṛ, q.v.)
pṛṇपृण्cl. 6. P. pṛṇati (p. pṛṇát, Ved. Inf. pṛṇádhyai) See √ pṝ.
pṛthपृथ्cl. 10. P. parthayati, to extend, [Dhātup. xxxii, 10] (cf. √ prath, of which it is only the weak form).
f. = pṛthā below, [L.]
2. prath or , cl. 10. P. prāthayati or parthayati, to throw, cast; to extend, [Dhātup. xxxii, 19.]
pṛcपृच्cl. 7. P. ([Dhātup. xxix, 25]) pṛṇákti Ā. pṛṅkté (or cl. 2. pṛkte, [Dhātup. xxiv, 20]; cl. 1. P. pṛñcati, [AV.]; cl. 3. P. pipṛgdhi, pipṛkta, [RV.]; pf. papṛcuḥ, [AitBr.]; papṛcāsi, °cyāt, °cāná, [RV.]; aor. párcas [p. pṛcāná, [ib.]; Prec. pṛcīmahi] [ib.]; aprāk, [AV.]; apṛkṣi, °kta, [ib.]; aparcīt, °ciṣṭa Gr.; fut. parciṣyati, °te, parcitā, [ib.]; inf. -pṛ́ce, -pṛ́cas, [RV.]), to mix, mingle, put together with (instr., rarely loc.; dhanuṣā śaram, ‘to fix the arrow upon the bow’, [Bhaṭṭ.]), unite, join, [RV.] &c. &c.; to fill (Ā. one's self?), sate, satiate, [RV.]; [MBh.]; to give lavishly, grant bountifully, bestow anything (acc. or gen.) richly upon (dat.), [RV.]; to increase, augment, [ib.] (prob. connected with √ pṝ, to fill; cf. also √ pṛj.)
pṛ́c f. food, nourishment, refreshment, [RV. v, 74, 10] (cf. ghṛta-, madhu-).
pṛjपृज्, pṛñj, cl. 2. Ā. pṛkte, pṛṅkte, [Dhātup. xxiv, 20] (v.l. for pṛc); [15] (v.l. for pij). cf. an-ava-pṛgṇa, ava-prajjana; parjanya.
pṛḍपृड्cl. 6. P. pṛḍati, to gladden, delight, [Dhātup. xxviii, 39.]
pṛtपृत्f. (only in loc. pl. pṛtsú, in one place [[i, 129, 4]] pṛtsúṣu, [RV.]; but according to [Vop.] also in other cases, viz. pṛtas, pṛtā, pṛdbhyām) battle, contest, strife.
pṛṣपृष्cl. 1. P. parṣati, to sprinkle; to weary; to vex or hurt; to give, [Dhātup. xvii, 55]; cl. 1. Ā. parṣate ([xvi, 12] v.l. for varṣ), to become wet. (Perhaps akin to √ pruṣ; cf. also pṛśni.)
pṛthāपृथाf. See below.
f. N. of a daughter of Śūra and adopted daughter of Kuntī and one of the wives of Pāṇḍu (mother of Karṇa before her marriage, and of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and Arjuna after her marriage; see Kuntī), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
pṛthīपृथीpṛ́thī m. (nom. °thī dat. °thyai or °thaye gen. °thyās) N. of a mythical personage with the patr. Vainya (said to have been the first anointed sovereign of men, to have ruled also the lower animals, and to have introduced the arts of husbandry into the world; he is enumerated among the Ṛṣis and said to be the author of [RV. x, 148]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] (cf. pṛthi, pṛthu; pārtha).
pṛthaपृथpṛthá m. the flat or palm of the hand, [ŚBr.]
a partic. measure (the length of the hand from the tip of the fingers to the knuckles, or = 13 Aṅgulis), [KātyŚr.]
pṛthiपृथिpṛ́thi m. N. of a man (protected by the Aśvins, according to [Sāy.] a Rājarṣi), [RV.] (Cf. pṛthī, pṛthu; pārtha, °thya.)
pṛthuपृथुpṛthú mf(vI/ or u)n. broad, wide, expansive, extensive, spacious, large
great, important
ample, abundant
copious, numerous, manifold, [RV.] &c. &c. (°u ind.)
prolix, detailed, [Var.]
smart, clever, dexterous, [L.]
pṛthú m. a partic. measure of length (= pṛtha), [L.]
fire, [L.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
of one of the Viśve Devās, [VP.]
of a Dānava, [Hariv.]
of a son of An-enas, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
of a Vṛṣṇi and son of Citraka, [ib.]
of a son of Citra-ratha, [BhP.]
of a descendant of Ikṣvāku (son of An-araṇya and father of Tri-śaṅku), [R.]
of a son of Para, [Hariv.]
of a son of Prastāra, [VP.]
of a son of Rucaka, [BhP.]
of a son of one of the Manus, [Hariv.]
of one of the Saptarṣis, [ib.]
of a son of Vaṭeśvara (father of Viśākha-datta), [Cat.]
of a son of Veṇa, [MWB. 423]
of a monkey, [R.]
(u), f. Nigella Indica, [L.]
= hiṅgu-pattrī, [L.]
opium, [L.]
[cf. Gk. πλατύς; Germ. platt; Eng. plate.]
pṛthú ind.
pṛñjपृञ्ज्pṛj, , cl. 2. Ā. pṛkte, pṛṅkte, [Dhātup. xxiv, 20] (v.l. for pṛc); [15] (v.l. for pij). cf. an-ava-pṛgṇa, ava-prajjana; parjanya.
pṛkṣपृक्ष्pṛ́kṣ f. (nom. wanting; prob. fr. √ 1. pṛc) refreshment, satiation, nourishment, food, [RV.]
pṛṣaपृषin comp. for °ṣat.
pṛśnīपृश्नीpṛ́śnī (ī), f. Pistia Stratiotes, [L.]
f. See pṛśni.
pṛśniपृश्निpṛ́śni mfn. ([Uṇ. iv, 52]) variegated, dappled, piebald, speckled, spotted (said esp. of cows, serpents, frogs &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.]
(pl.) manifold, different (as desires), [TS.]
dwarfish, thin, small, [L.]
pṛ́śni m. N. of a prince (the father of Śvaphalka), [Hariv.]; [VP.]
(pl.) N. of a family of Ṛṣis, [MBh.] (°nayo 'jāh, the supposed authors of [RV. ix, 86, 31]-[40]; [Anukr.])
pṛ́śni (i), f. a dappled cow (fig. = milk, the earth, a cloud, the starry sky), [RV.]; [MBh.]
a ray of light, [L.]
N. of the mother of the Maruts, [RV.]
of the wife of Savitṛ, [BhP.]
of the wife of king Su-tapas (who in a former birth under the name of Devakī was mother of Kṛṣṇa), [ib.]
pṛ́śni n. (with bharad-vājasya) N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
pṛ́śni [cf. √ pṛṣ; Gk. περκνός.]
pṛthaṅपृथङ्in comp. for °thak.
pṛthagपृथग्in comp. for °thak.
pṛthakपृथक्pṛ́thak ind. (√ pṛth or prath + añc) widely apart, separately, differently, singly, severally, one by one (often repeated), [RV.] &c. &c.
(as a prep. with gen. or instr.; cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 32]) apart or separately or differently from, [L.]
(with abl.) without, [Prab.]
except, save, [Bhaṭṭ.]
pṛthvīपृथ्वी(vī), f. See below.
pṛthvī́ f. (cf. pṛthivī) the earth (also as an element), [RV.] &c. &c.
Nigella Indica, [L.]
Boerhavia Procumbens, [L.]
= hiṅgu-pattrī, [L.]
great cardamoms, [L.]
N. of 2 kinds of metre, [Col.]
N. of the mother of the 7th Arhat of present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
pṛcchāपृच्छाf. asking, questioning (acc.), question about (comp.), [Kāv.]
an inquiry into the future, [VarBṛS.]
pṛkthaपृक्थn. possession, property, wealth, [L.] (cf. riktha).
pṛkkāपृक्काf. Trigonella Corniculata, [L.] (cf. spṛkkā).
pṛktaपृक्तpṛkti. See under √ 1. pṛc.
pṛktá mfn. mixed or mingled with, full of
brought into contact with, touching (instr. or comp.), [RV.] &c. &c.
pṛktá n. w.r. for pṛktha, [L.]
pṛktiपृक्तिf. touch, contact, [L.]
pṛkṣaपृक्षpṛkṣá mfn. (either connected with pṛśni, pṛṣat, or fr. √ 1. pṛc) spotted, dappled (others ‘fleet, swift’; others, ‘having or bringing food’)
pṛkṣá m. a spotted (or a swift &c.) horse (others ‘beast of burden’; others ‘food, nourishment, abundance’), [RV.]
N. of a man, [ib.] [ii, 13, 8]
= saṃgrāma, [Naigh. ii, 17.]
pṛkṣuपृक्षुpṛkṣú (prob.) w.r. for pṛtsú, [SV.]
pṛtsuपृत्सुloc. of pṛt in comp.
pṛṣṇiपृष्णिmfn. ([L.]) = pṛśni
f. = pārṣṇi, or = pṛśni (ray of light).
pṛṣṭhaपृष्ठpṛṣṭhá n. (prob. fr. pra-stha, ‘standing forth prominently’; ifc. f(A). ) the back (as the prominent part of an animal), the hinder part or rear of anything, [RV.] &c. &c. (pṛṣṭhena-√ yā, with gen., to ride on; °ṭhena-√ vah, to carry on the back; °ṭhaṃ-√ dā, to give the back, make a low obeisance; °ṭhe ind. behind or from behind)
the upper side, surface, top, height, [ib.] (with diváḥ, or nā́kasya, the surface of the sky, vault of heaven; cf. ghṛta-p°)
the flat roof of a house (cf. gṛha-p°, harmya-p°)
a page of a book, [MW.]
N. of partic. arrangement of Sāmans (employed at the midday libation and formed from the Rathaṃtara, Bṛhat, Vairūpa, Vairāja, Śākvara, and Raivata S°s), [TS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
pṛṣṭheपृष्ठेind., behind or from behind
loc. of pṛṣṭha in comp.
pṛṣadपृषद्in comp. for °ṣat.
pṛṣatपृषत्pṛ́ṣat mf(atI)n. spotted, speckled, piebald, variegated, [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
sprinkling, [W.]
pṛ́ṣat m. the spotted antelope, [R.] (cf. g. vyāghrādi, where, [Kāś.] pṛṣata)
pṛ́ṣat m. a drop of water (only pl.; °tām pati m. ‘lord of the drops of water’, the wind), [Śiś. vi, 55]
pṛ́ṣat n. a drop of water or any other liquid, [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
pṛṣvaपृष्वpṛ́ṣva mf(A)n. produced by hoar-frost, [TS.] (Sch.)
pṛṣṭaपृष्टpṛṣṭá mfn. (√ prach) asked, inquired, questioned, interrogated, demanded, wished for, desired, welcome, [RV.] &c. &c.
pṛṣṭá n. a question, inquiry, [ĀpGṛ.]; [Pāṇ.]
pṛṣṭiपृष्टिpṛṣṭí f. a rib (cf. parśu), [RV.]; [AV.] (°ṭī, [xi, 1, 34]), [VS.]; [ŚBr.]
f. touch, [L.] (cf. spṛṣṭi)
a ray of light, [L.] (cf. pṛśni).
= pṛṣṭha, [Pañcad.]; [Kauś.], Sch.
pṛṇākāपृणाकाf. the female young of an animal (see hariṇa-p°).
pṛśanīपृशनीpṛśanī́ (ī́), f. tender, gentle, [RV.]
pṛśanaपृशनpṛ́śana n. (√ spṛś) clinging to
pṛthābhūपृथाभूpṛthā—bhū m. ‘son of P°’, N. of Yudhiṣṭhira, [Pracaṇḍ.]
pṛthājaपृथाजpṛthā—ja m. ‘son of P°’, N. of Arjuna, [L.]
Pentaptera Arjuna, [L.]
pṛthūkṛपृथूकृpṛthū-√ kṛ to extend, expand, enlarge, spread out, [MW.]
pṛthavīपृथवीf. = pṛthivī, [L.]
pṛthikāपृथिकाf. a centipede, [L.]
pṛthivīपृथिवीpṛthivī́ f. (= pṛthvī f. of pṛthu) the earth or wide world (‘the broad and extended One’, personified as devī and often invoked together with the sky [cf. 3. div and dyāvā-pṛthivī, [RTL. 182]]; according to [VP.] daughter of pṛthu; the Veda makes 3 earths, one called bhūmi, inhabited by men, and 2 under it; there is also an earth between the world of men and the circumambient ocean [[ŚBr.]] and one extending through the 3 worlds [[Naigh.]]), [RV.] &c. &c.
land, ground, soil, [ib.]
earth regarded as one of the elements, [Prab.]; [Suśr.]
= antarikṣa, [Naigh. i, 3]
pṛthiviपृथिविf. = °vī.
pṛthivyपृथिव्य्in comp. for °vī before vowels.
pṛthugaपृथुगpṛthu—ga m. pl. ‘far-moving’, N. of a class of deities under Manu Cākṣuṣa, [VP.]
pṛthukāपृथुकाpṛ́thukā (ā), f. a girl, [L.]
a species of plant (= hiṅgu-pattrī), [L.]
pṛthukaपृथुकpṛ́thuka m. n. rice or grain flattened
rice scalded with hot water and then dried over a fire and ground in a mortar, [TBr.]; [BhP.]; [Suśr.] (also -taṇḍula, [Āp.]; [BhP.])
pṛ́thuka m. a boy, the young of any animal, [Hariv.]; [Śiś.] &c.
pṛ́thuka m. pl. a species of grain, [Car.]
pṛ́thuka m. v.l. for pṛthu-ga, [VP.]
pṛthulāपृथुलाf. a species of plant (= hiṅgu-pattrī), [L.]
pṛthulaपृथुलmf(A)n. broad, large, great, [MBh.]; [Śiś.]; [Kathās.]
m. v.l. for pṛthulākṣa, [VP.]
pṛthutāपृथुताpṛthu—tā f.
pṛcchyaपृच्छ्यmfn. to be asked or inquired after, [BhP.]
pṛdākuपृदाकुpṛ́dāku m. an adder, viper, snake, [VS.]; [TS.]; [AV.]; [MBh.] (also °dAkU/ f.)
a tiger or panther, [L.]
[cf. Lat. pardus, pardalis &c.]
an elephant, [L.]
a tree, [L.]
pṛkṣudhपृक्षुध्pṛkṣúdh mfn. (?), [RV. i, 141, 4.]
pṛtanāपृतनाpṛ́tanā f. See next.
pṛ́tanā (ā), f. battle, contest, strife, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]
a hostile armament, army, [RV.] &c. &c. (in later times esp. a small army or division consisting of 243 elephants, as many chariots, 729 horse, and 1215 foot = 3 Vāhinīs)
pl. men, mankind, [Naigh. ii, 3.]
pṛtanaपृतनpṛ́tana n. an army or a hostile encounter, [TBr.]
pṛṣātaपृषातmfn. spotted, variegated, [Gal.]
pṛṣṭhyāपृष्ठ्या(ā), f. the edge which runs along the back of a Vedi, [KātyŚr.]; [Śulbas.]
pṛṣṭhyaपृष्ठ्यpṛṣṭhyà mfn. belonging to or coming from the heights (with payas or andhas, n. the milk or the plant from the heights, i.e. the Soma), [RV.]
carrying on the back
pṛṣṭhyà m. (with or sc. aśva) a horse for riding or for draught, [Lāṭy.]; [MBh.]
pṛ́ṣṭhya (pṛ́°), mfn. forming the Stotras called Pṛṣṭha, [TāṇḍBr.]
having these Stotras (said of a partic. period of 6 sacrificial days [as subst. m.], viz. pṛṣṭhyāhan, pṛṣṭhya-tryaha, -pañcāha, -stotriya, -caturtha, -ṣaṣṭha, [Vait.])
pṛ́ṣṭhya m. = pṛṣṭhānāṃ samūhaḥ, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 42], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]
pṛṣatīपृषतीpṛ́ṣatī (atī), f. a dappled cow or mare (applied to the animals ridden by the Maruts), [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]
a spotted doe, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
= pārṣatī, the daughter of Pṛṣata, [MBh. i, 6390]
(ī, f., see under pṛṣat)
pṛṣataपृषतmfn. having white spots, speckled, variegated, [L.]
pṛṣatá (°tá), m. the spotted antelope, [VS.] &c. &c.
a drop of water, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]
a spot, mark, [Var.]
N. of the father of Dru-pada, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
pṛṣitaपृषितn. rain, [Gobh.]
pṛṣṭvāपृष्ट्वाind. See √ prach.
pṛṣṭyāपृष्ट्याpṛṣṭyā́ f. a side-horse (mare), [AV. vi, 102, 2] (cf. praṣṭi).
pṛśnigoपृश्निगोpṛ́śni—go (pṛ́°), mfn. driving with dappled cows, [ib.] [vii, 18, 10.]
pṛśniguपृश्निगुpṛ́śni—gu (pṛ́°), mfn. = next
pṛ́śni—gu m. N. of a man, [RV. i, 112, 7.]
pṛśnikāपृश्निकाf. Pistia Stratiotes, [L.]
pṛthāśvaपृथाश्वm. N. of a king, [MBh.]
pṛthagbhūपृथग्भूpṛthag—√ bhū to be peculiar to, [Divyāv.]
pṛthakatपृथकत्ind. = pṛthak, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 72], Sch.
pṛthakkṛपृथक्कृpṛthak—√ kṛ to make separate, sunder, [KātyŚr.]; to keep off, avert, [Sāy.]
pṛthaktāपृथक्ताpṛthak—tā f. separateness, severalty, singleness, individuality, [Nyāyam.], Sch.
pṛthuśrīपृथुश्रीpṛthu—śrī mfn. having great fortune, highly prosperous, [MBh.]
pṛthukyaपृथुक्यpṛthukīya and , mfn. (fr. pṛthuka) g. apūpādi.
pṛthumatपृथुमत्pṛthu—mat m. N. of a prince, [VP.]
pṛthutvaपृथुत्वpṛthu—tva n. breadth, width, largeness, greatness, [Suśr.]; [Var.]
pṛthuṣṭuपृथुष्टुpṛthu—ṣṭu or pṛthu—ṣṭuka, mfn. having a broad tuft of hair, [RV.] (= -jaghana, [Nir.])
pṛthvīśaपृथ्वीशpṛthvī°śa m. (°vīśa) ‘lord of the earth’, a prince, king, sovereign, [MBh.]
pṛthvījaपृथ्वीजpṛthvī—ja m. ‘earth-born’, a tree, [A.]
N. of the planet Mars, [A.]
pṛthvī—ja n. a species of salt (= gaḍa-lavaṇa), [L.]
pṛthvīkāपृथ्वीकाf. large or small cardamoms, [L.]
Nigella Indica, [Suśr.] (also pṛthvikā), [L.]
pṛthvikāपृथ्विकाf. = pṛthvīkā.
pṛcchakaपृच्छकmf(ikA)n. (√ prach) one who asks or inquires about (gen.), [Yājñ.]; [Śak.]; [Pañc.]
inquiring into the future, [VarBṛS.]
m. an inquirer, inquisitive person, [W.]
pṛcchanaपृच्छनn. asking, inquiring, [W.]
pṛtanājपृतनाज्pṛ́tanā°j (°nāj) mfn. rushing to or in battle, [RV.] ([AV.] v.l. °nājí).
pṛtanyāपृतन्याpṛta°nyā f. an army, [BhP.]
pṛtanyaपृतन्यNom. P. °yáti, to attack, assail, fight against (acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]
pṛtanyuपृतन्युpṛta°nyú mfn. attacking, hostile
pṛta°nyú m. an enemy, [RV.]; [VS.]
pṛtsudhaपृत्सुध(?) m. = saṃgrāma (v.l. for pṛtsu, [Naigh. ii, 17]).
pṛtsutiपृत्सुतिpṛt—sutí m. or f. hostile attack ([Sāy.] ‘a host’), [RV.]
pṛtsuṣuपृत्सुषुpṛtsúṣu See pṛt.
pṛṣṭhībhūपृष्ठीभूpṛṣṭhī-√ bhū to become depressed or dejected, [L.] (prob. w.r. for piṣṭī-√ bhū).
pṛṣṭhagaपृष्ठगpṛṣṭha—ga mfn. mounted or riding on [Kathās.]
pṛṣṭhajaपृष्ठजpṛṣṭha—ja m. ‘back-born’, N. of a form (or a son) of Skanda, [MBh.] (v.l. pṛ́ṣṭha-taḥ).
pṛṣṭhakaपृष्ठकn. the back, [R.]
pṛṣadhraपृषध्रpṛṣa—dhra m. N. of a man, [RV. viii, 52, 4] (supposed author of [RV. viii, 56])
of a son of one of the Manus, [MBh.]
of a warrior on the side of the Pāṇḍavas, [ib.] (w.r. -dhru; cf. pṛśni-dhara).
pṛṣantiपृषन्तिm. a drop of water, [L.]