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prasū

pra-√ 1. sū P. -suvati, -sauti, (Impv. -suhi with v.l. -sūhi, [KātyŚr.]), to set in motion, rouse to activity, urge, incite, impel, bid, command, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to allow, give up to, deliver, [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; to hurl, throw, [Bhaṭṭ.], Sch.


pra-√ 2. sū Ā. -sūte, -sūyate, (rarely P. -savati, -sauti; once Pot. -sunuyāt, [Vajracch.]), to procreate, beget, bring forth, obtain offspring or bear fruit, produce, [Br.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; (mostly Ā. -sūyate, rarely °ti) to be born or produced, originate, arise, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.


pra-sū́ mfn. bringing forth, bearing, fruitful, productive, [RV.] &c. &c.


(ifc.) giving birth to (cf. pitṛ-pr°, putrikā-pr°, strī-pr°)


pra-sū́ f. a mother, [Inscr.]; [L.]


a mare, [L.]


a young shoot, tender grass or herbs, sacrificial grass, [RV.]; [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]


a spreading creeper, the plantain, [L.]