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prāṅ

forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6 ; rarely as a separate word, e.g. AitBr. ii, 40 )

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1. ةرَ

forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6 ; rarely as a separate word, e.g. AitBr. ii, 40 )

2. prā

1. prā cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 53 ) prāti ( pf. P. paprau or paprā, 2. sg. paprātha, p. paprivas f. pruṣī, RV. ; Ā. papre, 2. sg. priṣe, ib. ; AV. ; papre as Pass. , Bhaṭṭ. aor. 3. sg. aprāt or aprās, RV. ; Subj. prās or prāsi, ib. ; aor. Pass. aprāyi, AV. ), to fill, RV. ; AV. ; Br. ; Bhaṭṭ.

3. prā

3. prā Vṛddhi or lengthened form of 1. pra in comp. ( cf. Pāṇ. vi, 3, 122 ). Observe in the following derivatives, only the second member of the simple compound from which they come is given in the parentheses, leaving the preposition pra (lengthened to prā in the derivatives) to be supplied.

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 2, scan pp. 203-204; entry #1895 Review: Under source audit

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