pra-√ yā P. -yāti, to go forth, set out, progress, advance towards or against, go or repair to (acc., also with accha, or prati, or loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to walk, roam, wander, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to part, go asunder, be dispersed, pass away, vanish, die, [ib.]; to get into a partic. state or condition, enter, undergo, incur (acc.), [ib.]; to proceed i.e. behave, [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.); to cause to go i.e. to lead into (acc.), [Hcat.] : Caus. -yāpayati, to cause to set out, [ŚBr.] (cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 29]; [30], Sch.) : Desid. -yiyāsati, to wish to set out, [ib.] : Caus. of Desid. -yiyāsayati, to cause a person to wish to set out, [Bhaṭṭ.]
pra-yā́ f. onset, [RV.]