pra-√ 1. kṛ P. Ā. -karoti, -kurute, -kṛṇoti, °ṇute &c., to make, produce, accomplish, perform, achieve, effect, [RV.] &c. &c.; to make into, render (with double acc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; (with dārān) to take to wife, marry, [MBh.]; to appoint, charge with (loc.), [PārGṛ.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; to enable to, make fit for (inf.), [RV.]; to remove, destroy, kill, [AV.]; [Hariv.]; (only Ā. by [Pāṇ. i, 3, 32]) to violate, pollute (a girl), [Mn. viii, 370]; (Ā.) to induce, move, incline, [RV.]; to make a person perform anything, [PārGṛ.]; (with manas, or buddhim) to set the heart upon, make up the mind to (dat. or loc.), resolve, determine, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to gain, win, conquer, [RV.]; to lay out, expend, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 32]; to put forward, mention first, make the subject of discussion, [ib.]; to serve, honour, worship, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Caus. -kārayati, to cause to be made or prepared, [Gaut.]