prahā प्रहा pra-√ 2. hā Ā., -jihīte, to drive off, haste away, [RV.]; to spring up, [ŚBr.] pra-√ 3. hā P. -jahāti, (3. pl. pr. irreg. -jahanti, [MBh.]; fut. 3. du. Ā. -hāsyete, [R.]), to leave, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.; to desert, quit, abandon, give up, renounce, violate (a duty), break (a promise), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to send off, throw, hurl, [Bhaṭṭ.]; (incorrectly for Pass.) to cease, disappear, [MBh.] : Pass. -hīyate, to be relinquished or neglected, be lost, fail, cease, perish, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; to be vanquished, succumb, [MBh.] : Caus. -hāpayati, to drive away, remove, destroy, [BhP.] pra-hā́ f. a good throw at dice, any gain or advantage, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TāṇḍBr.] (= pra-hantṛ, [Sāy.]) prahāṇa प्रहाण pra-hā—°ṇa n. relinquishing, abandoning, avoiding, [Śiś.]; [Śaṃk.]; [Lalit.] abstraction, speculation, meditation, [Lalit.]; [Vajracch.] exertion, [Dharmas. 45.] prahāṇi प्रहाणि pra-°hāṇi f. cessation, disappearance, [ŚvetUp.]; [Pur.] want, deficiency, [MW.] prahāna प्रहान pra-°hāna w.r. for °hāṇa prahāni प्रहानि pra-°hāni w.r. for °hāṇi. prahāra प्रहार pra-hāra See pra-√ hṛ. pra-hāra m. striking, hitting, fighting, [Vcar.] a stroke, blow, thump, knock, kick &c. (‘with’ comp.; ‘on’ loc. or comp.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. pra-hāra m. a necklace, [Dharmaś.] prahāsa प्रहास pra-°hāsa m. loud laughter, laughter, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] derision, irony, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 106] &c. appearance, display, [Veṇīs.] splendour, of colours, [Jātakam.] an actor, dancer, [L.] N. of Śiva, [L.] (cf. °hasa) of an attendant of Ś°, [MBh.] of a Nāga, [ib.] of a minister of Varuṇa, [R.] of a Tīrtha (w.r. for °bhāsa?), [L.] pra-°hāsa n. (with bharad-vājasya) N. of a Sāman (w.r. for prāsāha), [L.] prahārin प्रहारिन् pra-°hārin mfn. striking, smiting, beating with (comp.), attacking, fighting against (gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. pra-°hārin m. a good fighter, champion, hero, [Nir. v, 12] prahārya प्रहार्य pra-°hā́rya (or °hāryà), mfn. to be taken away or removed, [ŚBr.] (cf. pra-hāyyà under pra-√ hi) to be beaten, [MW.] prahāsin प्रहासिन् pra-°hāsín mfn. laughing, derisive, satirical, [AV.] shining bright, [Jātakam.] pra-°hāsín m. the buffoon of a drama (= vidūṣaka), [L.] prahāvat प्रहावत् pra-hā—vat mfn. acquiring gain, gaining, [RV.] (= praharaṇa-vat, [Sāy.]) prahāyya प्रहाय्य pra-hāyyà See 1. pra-√ hi. pra-hāyyà m. one who is to be sent, a messenger, [AV.] (v.l. °hāya; cf. °heya). prahāpaṇa प्रहापण pra-°hāpaṇa n. (fr. Caus.) driving away, forced abandonment or departure, [W.] prahāraṇa प्रहारण pra-°hāraṇa n. a desirable gift, [L.] (v.l. for 2. pravāraṇa). prahārada प्रहारद pra-hāra—da mfn. (ifc.) giving a blow to, striking, [Yājñ.] prahāritā प्रहारिता pra-°hā°ri-tā f. striking, hitting, [Divyāv.] prahāruka प्रहारुक pra-°hāruka mfn. carrying off, tearing away, [Kāṭh.] prahāsaka प्रहासक pra-°hāsaka m. one who causes laughter, a jester, [L.] prahāsita प्रहासित pra-°hāsita mfn. (fr. Caus.) caused to laugh, [MW.] prahārārta प्रहारार्त pra-hā°rārta mfn. hurt by a blow, wounded, [Yājñ.] pra-hā°rārta n. chronic and acute pain from a wound or hurt, [W.] prahātavya प्रहातव्य pra-°hātavya mfn. to be relinquished or abandoned, [Vajracch.] prahāravallī प्रहारवल्ली pra-hāra—vallī f. a kind of perfume, [Bhpr.] prahārakaraṇa प्रहारकरण pra-hāra—karaṇa n. dealing blows, beating, [MW.] prahāravarman प्रहारवर्मन् pra-hāra—varman m. N. of a prince of Mithilā, [Daś.]