pra-√ śaṃs P. Ā. -śaṃsati, °te, (irreg. Pot. -śaṃsīyāt, [Cāṇ.]), to proclaim, declare, praise, laud, extol, [RV.] &c. &c.; to urge on, stimulate, [RV. i, 84, 19]; to approve, esteem, value (with na, to disapprove, blame), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to foretell, prophesy, [Cāṇ.]