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pra

prá ind. before

forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40])

as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna

as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta

in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra

(according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c.

[cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.]

mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling

(n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-)

like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-).