pra-√ 1. dā P. -dadāti, rarely Ā. -datte, (Ved. inf. prá-dātos, [TS.]; irreg. Pot. P. -dadet, [Hcat.]), to give away, give, offer, present, grant, bestow, [RV.] &c. &c. (with or scil. bhāryām, to give in marriage; with prativacas, to grant an answer; with pravṛttim, to information about an event; with yuddham, to grant battle; with dvaṃdva-yuddham, to engage in single combat; with vidyām, to communicate or impart knowledge; with hutāśanam, to set fire to); to give up, abolish, [TS.]; to sell (with instr. of price), [Pañcat.]; to restore (anything lost &c.), [Mn.]; to pay, discharge (a debt), [Yājñ.]; to put or place in (loc.), [ib.]; [MBh.] : Pass. -dīyate, to be given away, be given, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. -dāpayati, to cause to give, [TS.] &c. &c.; to compel to give back or to repay, [Yājñ.]; [Kull.] ; to cause to put in or to, [MBh.]; [Bhpr.]; to put or place in (loc.), [Car.]; (with vastim), to apply a clyster, [ib.] : Desid. -ditsate, to wish to give in marriage, [Daś.]
pra-dā f. a gift, [L.]