pra-√ 1. pā P. -píbati, (ind.p. -pāya, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 69]), to begin to drink, drink, [RV.] &c. &c.; to imbibe (cakṣuṣā, with the eye i.e. feast the eyes upon), [MBh.]
pra-pā́ f. a place for supplying water, a place for watering cattle or a shed on the road-side containing a reservoir of water for travellers, fountain, cistern, well, [AV.] &c. &c. (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 58], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.])
a supply of water, affluent (of a tank &c.), [L.]
pra-√ 3. pā P. -pāti, to protect, defend from (abl.), [BhP.]