prayā प्रया pra-√ yā P. -yāti, to go forth, set out, progress, advance towards or against, go or repair to (acc., also with accha, or prati, or loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to walk, roam, wander, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to part, go asunder, be dispersed, pass away, vanish, die, [ib.]; to get into a partic. state or condition, enter, undergo, incur (acc.), [ib.]; to proceed i.e. behave, [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.); to cause to go i.e. to lead into (acc.), [Hcat.] : Caus. -yāpayati, to cause to set out, [ŚBr.] (cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 29]; [30], Sch.) : Desid. -yiyāsati, to wish to set out, [ib.] : Caus. of Desid. -yiyāsayati, to cause a person to wish to set out, [Bhaṭṭ.] pra-yā́ f. onset, [RV.] prayāc प्रयाच् pra-√ yāc P. Ā. -yācati, °te, to ask for, beg, solicit, request (with acc. of pers. and thing), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.] prayāṇa प्रयाण pra-yā́ṇa n. ([Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 29]) setting out, starting, advancing, motion onwards, progress, journey, march, invasion, [RV.] &c. &c. (with gardabhena, ‘riding on an ass’, [Pañcat.]) departure, death (cf. prāṇa-pray°) onset, beginning, commencement, [Kāṭh.]; [ŚBr.] pra-yāṇa &c. See under pra-√ yā. prayāṇi प्रयाणि pra-°yāṇi See a-prayāṇi. prayāga प्रयाग m. ‘place of sacrifice’, N. of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (now called Allāhābād) at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā with the supposed subterranean Sarasvatī (also -ka, [AgP.]; cf. tri-veṇī; ifc. also in Deva-pilgrimage, Rudra-pilgrimage, Karṇa pilgrimage and Nanda-pilgrimage), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. [RTL. 375]; as N. of a country, [Priy. i, 3/4]; pl. the inhabitants of P°, [MBh.]) a sacrifice, [L.] a horse, [L.] (cf. pra-yoga) N. of Indra, [L.] N. of a man (also -ka), [Rājat.] pra-yāga °yāja. See pra-√ yaj. prayāja प्रयाज prayājá m. ‘pre-sacrifice’, preliminary offering (cf. anu-yāja, q.v.), N. of partic. texts or invocations, and of the Ājya libations at which they are employed (they form part of the Prāyaṇīya or introductory ceremony in a Soma sacrifice and are generally 5, but also 9 and 11 in number), [RV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.] a principal ceremony or sacrifice, [W.] prayāma प्रयाम pra-°yāma m. dearth, scarcity (= nīvāka), [L.] checking, restraining, [W.] extension, length (in space or time), [Jātakam.] progress, [ib.] prayāsa प्रयास pra-°yāsá m. exertion, effort, pains, trouble (ibc., with loc. or gen., -arthāya or -nimittena), [VS.]; [TS.]; [Kāv.] &c. (cf. a-prayāsena) high degree, [Jātakam.] pra-yāsa See under pra-√ yas. prayāta प्रयात pra-°yāta mfn. set out, gone, advanced, [MaitrUp.]; [R.] &c. arrived at, come to (acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. gone or passed away, vanished, deceased, dead, [Kathās.] prayātṛ प्रयातृ pra-°yātṛ m. one who goes or can go or fly, [Kathās.] setting out on a march or journey, [Var.] prayājyā प्रयाज्या f. (also pl.) the words spoken at the moment of offering the P°, [TBr.], Sch. prayāman प्रयामन् prá-°yāman (prá-), n. setting out, start, [RV.] prayāmya प्रयाम्य pra-°yāmya mfn. to be checked or controlled, [ib.] prayāpin प्रयापिन् pra-°yāpin mfn. (du. °piṇau or °pinau), [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāpya प्रयाप्य pra-°yāpya mfn. to be caused to go, to be sent away, [AitBr.] prayātrā प्रयात्रा pra-°yātrā f. See prāyātrika. prayāvan प्रयावन् pra-°yāvan See vṛṣa and supra-yāvan. prayāyin प्रयायिन् pra-°yāyin mfn. (du. °yeṇau, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 29]) going forwards, marching, driving, riding, [MBh.]; [R.] prayāṇīya प्रयाणीय pra-°yāṇīya or pra-°yānīya, mfn., [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāṇaka प्रयाणक pra-°yāṇaka n. a journey, march, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] &c. (cf. a-pray°) prayācaka प्रयाचक pra-°yācaka mfn. asking, requesting, imploring (with artham ifc.), [MBh.] prayācana प्रयाचन pra-°yācana n. asking, begging, imploring, [ib.] prayānīya प्रयानीय pra-°yāṇīya or pra-°yānīya, mfn., [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāpaṇa प्रयापण pra-°yāpaṇa or pra-°yāpana, n. (fr. Caus.), [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāpaṇi प्रयापणि pra-°yāpaṇi See a-prayāpaṇi. prayāpana प्रयापन pra-°yāpaṇa or pra-°yāpana, n. (fr. Caus.), [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāpita प्रयापित pra-°yāpita mfn. driven or sent away, made to go or pass away, [W.] prayāsita प्रयासित pra-°yāsita n. (fr. Caus.) effort, exertion, [Mālatīm.] (v.l. ā-yāsita). prayāṇārha प्रयाणार्ह pra-yā°ṇārha mfn. deserving death, [W.] prayājatva प्रयाजत्व prayāja—tva n. the state or condition of a Prayāja, [Kapiṣṭh.] prayājavat प्रयाजवत् prayājá—vat (°yājá-), mfn. accompanied by a P°, [TS.] prayāsabhāj प्रयासभाज् pra-°yāsa—bhāj mfn. capable of exertion, active, energetic, [W.] prayātavya प्रयातव्य pra-°yātavya mfn. to be attacked or assailed, [MBh.] pra-°yātavya n. (impers.) one should set out, [ib.]; [R.]; [Kathās.] prayāṇakāla प्रयाणकाल pra-yāṇa—kāla m. time of departure, death, [Bhag.] prayāṇapurī प्रयाणपुरी pra-yāṇa—purī f. N. of a town (°rī-māhātmya n. N. of wk.) prayāgabhaya प्रयागभय prayāga—bhaya m. ‘fearing sacrifice’, N. of Indra, [L.] prayāgadāsa प्रयागदास prayāga—dāsa m. N. of 2 men, [Cat.] prayāgasetu प्रयागसेतु prayāga—setu m. N. of wk. prayāgavana प्रयागवन prayāga—vana n. N. of a forest, [R.] prayājāhuti प्रयाजाहुति f. the offering of a P°, [ib.] prayāpaṇīya प्रयापणीय pra-°yāpaṇīya or pra-°yāpanīya, mfn., [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāpanīya प्रयापनीय pra-°yāpaṇīya or pra-°yāpanīya, mfn., [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāṇabhaṅga प्रयाणभङ्ग pra-yāṇa—bhaṅga m. the breaking or suspending of a journey, a halt, [Pañcat.] prayāgakṛtya प्रयागकृत्य prayāga—kṛtya n. N. of ch. of the Tristhalī-setu (q.v.) prayāgatīrtha प्रयागतीर्थ prayāga—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [SkandaP.] prayāpyamāṇa प्रयाप्यमाण pra-°yāpyamāṇa or pra-°yāpyamāna, mfn., [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāpyamāna प्रयाप्यमान pra-°yāpyamāṇa or pra-°yāpyamāna, mfn., [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 30], Sch. prayāṇapaṭaha प्रयाणपटह pra-yāṇa—paṭaha m. a drum beaten while marching, [Hcar.] prayāṇavicāra प्रयाणविचार pra-yāṇa—vicāra m. N. of wk. prayājānuyāja प्रयाजानुयाज prayājānuyājá m. pl. preliminary offering and after-sacrifice, [AitBr.] prayāgamāhātmya प्रयागमाहात्म्य prayāga—māhātmya n. N. of wk. prayāgaprakaraṇa प्रयागप्रकरण prayāga—prakaraṇa n. prayāgarājāṣṭaka प्रयागराजाष्टक prayāga—rājāṣṭaka n. N. of wk. prayāgapraghaṭṭaka प्रयागप्रघट्टक prayāga—praghaṭṭaka m. or n. (?) N. of chs. of the Tristhalī-setu. prayāgaratnakroḍa प्रयागरत्नक्रोड prayāga—ratna-kroḍa m. N. of wk. prayāṇapurīmāhātmya प्रयाणपुरीमाहात्म्य pra-yāṇa—purī-māhātmya n. N. of wk.