preṣ प्रेष् cl. 1. Ā. preṣate, to go, move, [Dhātup. xvi, 18] (v.l. hreṣ). (pra-√ iṣ) P. Ā. preṣyati, °te (Ved. inf. preṣe, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 9], Sch.; ind.p. praíṣam s.v.), to drive on, urge, impel, send forth, [RV.]; [MBh.]; to invite, summon, call upon (another priest to commence a recitation or a ceremony [acc.] e.g. sāma preṣyati, ‘he calls upon to commence the recitation of a Sāman’; esp. Impv. preṣya, ‘call upon to recite or offer [acc. or gen.] to [dat.]’), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] (cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 61]; [viii, 2, 91]) : Caus. preṣayati, to hurl, fling, cast, throw, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to turn or direct the eyes, [Śak. ii, 2] (v.l. prerayantyā); to send forth, dismiss, dispatch, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to send into exile, banish, [R.]; [Kathās.]; to send word, send a message to a person (gen.), [R.] préṣ f. pressing, pressure (with hemán, ‘urging pressure’), [RV. ix, 97, 1.] preṣa प्रेष préṣa m. urging on, impelling, impulse, [ib.] [i, 68, 5] sending, dispatching, [L.] pain, affliction, [L.] preṣṭhā प्रेष्ठा préṣṭhā f. a mistress, wife, [L.] a leg, [L.] preṣṭha प्रेष्ठ préṣṭha mfn. (superl. fr. priya) dearest, most beloved or desired, [RV.] (in address), [KaṭhUp.]; [BhP.] very fond of (loc.), [RV. vi, 63, 1] préṣṭha m. a lover, husband, [BhP.] See p. 711, col. 3. preṣya प्रेष्य mfn. to be sent or dispatched, fit for a messenger, [Kathās.] m. a servant, menial, slave (f(A). a female servant, handmaid), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. n. servitude, [Yājñ.] (in śūdra-pr° v.l. for -praiṣya) behest, command (see next) preṣaṇa प्रेषण n. the act of sending &c., charge, commission, [Gaut.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.] rendering a service, [MBh.]; [Ratnāv.] (pl.) preṣaka प्रेषक mfn. sending, directing, commanding, [MBh.] preṣita प्रेषित préṣita mfn. set in motion, urged on, impelled, [RV.] hurled, flung, thrown, [ŚBr.] sent, dispatched on an errand, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (-vat mfn., [Hit.]) sent into exile, banished, [R.] turned, directed (as the eyes), [Śak. i, 23] (v.l. prerita) ordered, commanded, [Vop.] preṣyatā प्रेष्यता preṣya—tā f. ([Mn.]) the state or condition of a servant, servitude preṣaṇīya प्रेषणीय mfn. to be sent or dispatched, [MW.] preṣayitṛ प्रेषयितृ mfn. = preṣaka, [R.] preṣyātva प्रेष्यात्व pre°ṣyā-tva n. the state of a female servant, being a handmaid, [Rājat.] preṣyatva प्रेष्यत्व preṣya—tva n. ([ib.]; [MBh.]) the state or condition of a servant, servitude preṣṭhatama प्रेष्ठतम preṣṭha—tama mfn. dearest, most beloved, [BhP.] preṣaṇakṛt प्रेषणकृत् preṣaṇa—kṛt mfn. one who executes a commission, [MBh.] preṣitavat प्रेषितवत् preṣita—vat mfn., [Hit.] preṣitavya प्रेषितव्य mfn. to be invited (to commence a ceremony), [AitBr.] preṣyabhāva प्रेष्यभाव preṣya—bhāva m. ([Mālav.]) the state or condition of a servant, servitude preṣyajana प्रेष्यजन preṣya—jana m. servants (collectively), household, [Mn.]; [Nal.] a servant, [Prab.] preṣyakara प्रेष्यकर preṣya—kara mfn. executing the orders of (gen.), [MBh.] preṣyavadhū प्रेष्यवधू preṣya—vadhū f. a female servant, handmaid, [MBh.] the wife of a slave, [MW.] preṣyavarga प्रेष्यवर्ग preṣya—varga m. a train of servants, retinue, [R.] preṣaṇādhyakṣa प्रेषणाध्यक्ष preṣa°ṇādhyakṣa m. a superintendent of the commands (of a king), chief of the administration, [Cāṇ.] preṣyāntevāsin प्रेष्यान्तेवासिन् m. pl. servants and pupils, [Hir.]