(properly Nom. fr. mārga; cf. √ mṛg) cl. 1. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 39]) mārgati, mārgayati (ep. also Ā. mārgate; pf. mamārga Gr.; aor. amārgīt, [ib.]; fut., mārgitā, [ib.]; mārgeṣyati, [R.]; inf. mārgitum, [R.]; ind.p. mārgitvā, [ib.]), to seek, look for, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; to search through, [ib.]; to seek after, strive to attain, [MBh.]; [Var.]; [BhP.]; to endeavour to buy, [Kathās.]; to request, ask, beg, solicit anything from any one (with abl. of pers. and acc. of thing, or with two acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to ask (a girl) in marriage, [Śatr.]; (cl. 10. P. mārgayati), to purify, adorn; to go (?), [Dhātup. xxxii, 74.]