pra-√ sṛ P. -sisarti, (only Ved.) and sarati (sometimes also Ā. °te), to move forwards, advance (‘for’ or ‘against’ acc.), proceed (lit. and fig.), spring up, come forth, issue from (abl.), appear, rise, spread, extend, [RV.] &c. &c.; to break out (as fire, a disease &c.), [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] (v.l.); to be displaced (as the humours of the boy), [Suśr.]; to be diffused (as odour), [Kathās.]; to pass, elapse (as night), [Vikr.]; to commence, begin, [Bhartṛ.]; [Kathās.] (also Pass., e.g. prāsāri yājñaḥ, ‘the sacrifice began’, [ŚBr.]); to prevail, hold good, take place, [Sarvad.]; to stretch out (hands), [RV.]; to agree, promise, [Inscr.] : Caus. -sārayati, to stretch out, extend, [VS.] &c. &c.; to spread out, expose (wares &c. for sale), [Mn.]; [R.] &c.; to open wide (eyes, mouth, &c.), [Mṛcch.]; [BhP.]; to diffuse, circulate, exhibit, [Var.]; [Śaṃk.]; to prosecute, transact, [Kād.]; (in gram.) to change a semivowel into the corresponding vowel, [Pat.] : Intens. (-sasre, °rāte, °rāṇa) to extend, be protracted, last, [RV.]