prāha

pra√ 2. hā Ā. , jihīte, to drive off, haste away, RV. ; to spring up, ŚBr.

pra√ 3. hā P. jahāti, (3. pl. pr. irreg. jahanti, MBh. ; fut. 3. du. Ā. hāsyete, R. ), to leave, ŚBr. &c. &c.; to desert, quit, abandon, give up, renounce, violate (a duty), break (a promise), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to send off, throw, hurl, Bhaṭṭ. ; (incorrectly for Pass. ) to cease, disappear, MBh. : Pass. hīyate, to be relinquished or neglected, be lost, fail, cease, perish, Mn. ; MBh. ; to be vanquished, succumb, MBh. : Caus. hāpayati, to drive away, remove, destroy, BhP.

prahā f. a good throw at dice, any gain or advantage, RV. ; AV. ; TāṇḍBr. (= prahantṛ, Sāy. )

prA h (praah), only pf. prA ha , to announce, declare, utter, express, say, tell (with dat. or acc. of pers. and acc. of thing), ŚBr. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c.; to record, hand down by tradition, ŚBr. ; (with 2 acc. ) to call, name, regard or consider as, Mn. ; MBh. &c.