prayo-gá mfn. ([Padap.] pra-yóga) (for 2. See under. pra-√ yuj) coming to a meal, [RV. x, 7, 5] ([Sāy.] = pra-yoktavya)
prayo-gá m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [TS.]
(with bhārgava) author of [RV. viii, 91]; [Anukr.]
m. (for 1. See under práyas, col. 1) joining together, connection, [Var.]
position, addition (of a word), [VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ.] (loc. often = in the case of [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. i, 4, 25]; [26] &c.)
hurling, casting (of missiles), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
offering, presenting, [Hariv.]
undertaking, beginning, commencement, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]
a design, contrivance, device, plan, [Mālav.]; [Rājat.]
application, employment (esp. of drugs or magic; cf. [IW. 402, 1]), use, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c. (ena, āt and °ga-tas ifc. = by means of)
practice, experiment (opp. to, ‘theory’), [Mālav.]
a means (only ais, by use of means), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]
(in gram.) an applicable or usual form, [Siddh.]; [Vop.]
exhibition (of a dance), representation (of a drama), [Mṛcch.]; [Kālid.] (°ga-to-√ dṛś, to see actually represented See on the stage, [Ratnāv.])
a piece to be represented, [Kālid.]; [Prab.]
utterance, pronunciation, recitation, delivery, [ŚrS.]; [RPrāt.]; [Pāṇ.], Sch.
a formula to be recited, sacred text, [Śikṣ.]
lending at interest or on usury, investment, [Mn.]; [MBh.]
principal, loan bearing interest, [Gaut.]
an example, [L.]
cause, motive, affair, object, [W.]
consequence, result, [ib.]
ceremonial form, course of proceeding, [ib.]
a horse (cf. pra-yāga), [L.]