pra-√ hi P. Ā. -hiṇoti, -hiṇute: -hiṇvati, -hiṇvate (cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 15]; pf. -jighāya, [KauṣUp.]; 1. sg. pr. Ā. -hiṣe, [RV.]; Aor. P. prā́hait, [AV.]; Impv. prá-hela, [RV.]; inf. pra-hyé, [ib.]), to urge on, incite, [RV.]; to direct, command, [Lāṭy.]; [KauṣUp.] ; to convey or send to, furnish, procure, bestow on (dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to hurl, cast, throw upon, discharge at (dat. or loc.), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to turn the eyes towards (acc.), [Kād.]; to dispatch (messengers), drive away, dismiss, send to (acc. with or without prati dat. gen. with or without antikam or pārśvam) or in order to (dat. or inf.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (Ā.) to rush on [RV.]; to forsake (= pra. √ 3. hā), [BhP.] : Caus. aor. prājīhayat, [Pat.] : Desid. of Caus. pra-jighāyayiṣati, [ib.]
pra-hi m. (according to [Uṇ., iv, 134] fr. pra-√ hṛ, but cf. pra-dhi) a well.