√ (pra- 1. as) P. prāsti, to be in front of or in an extraordinary degree, excel, preponderate, [RV.]
√ (pra- 2. as) P. prāsyati, to throw or hurl forth, throw into (loc.), cast, discharge (a missile), [RV.] &c. &c.; to upset, [Mn. xi, 176]; (with aṃśam) to cast lots, lay a wager, [TāṇḍBr.]