Sanskrit Dictionary

; to invite, summon, call upon (another priest to commence a recitation or a ceremony [ accusative ] exempli gratia, 'for example' sāma preṣyati-,"he calls upon to commence the recitation of a sāman-"; especially imperative preṣya-,"call upon to recite or offer [ accusative or genitive case ]to [ dative case ]")

(see

) : Causal preṣayati-, to hurl, fling, cast, throw

; to turn or direct the eyes

(varia lectio prerayantyā-) ; to send forth, dismiss, dispatch

etc. ; to send into exile, banish

; to send word, send a message to a person (genitive case)

preṣayitṛ

mfn. equals preṣaka-

preṣita

mfn. turned, directed (as the eyes)

(varia lectio prerita-)

pretarākṣasī

f. Ocimum Sanctum

(varia lectio apeta--and a-preta-r-).

pretivat

(pr/e-) mfn. containing the word preti- or any form of pre-

proha

m. in proha-kaṭā- and -kardamā- varia lectio for prehikaṭā- and -kard- gaRa mayūra-vyaṃsakādi-

pukin

mfn. gaRa prekṣādi-.

raṅka

m. a beggar, starveling (preta-r-)

rerivan

mfn. equals prerayitṛ-

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)

samabhiprekṣ

( -pra-īkṣ-) A1. -prekṣate-, to look at, perceive, view

samprāp

( -pra-āp-) P. -prāpnoti-, to reach or attain fully to, arrive at, effect, accomplish

etc. ; to get, obtain, acquire, partake of, incur, undergo

etc. ; to obtain as a wife or in matrimony

: Causal -prāpayati- (Aorist -prāpipan-), to cause to get or obtain

: Desiderative See sam-prepsu- below.

samprer

( -pra-īr-) A1. -prerte-, to come forth together, rise together

: Causal -prerayati-, to drive or push forwards

sampreṣ

( -pra-- 1 iṣ-) P. -pr/eṣyati-, to send forth, throw, fling, cast

; (in Vedic ritual) to summon, invite (see 2. preṣ-)

: Causal -preṣayati-, to send forth together, send away, despatch, send, dismiss

etc. ; to send a message to (genitive case)

; to direct (the thoughts) towards (locative case)

saṃsthā

f. cremation (of a body;also preta-s-)

śrāddha

n. a ceremony in honour and for the benefit of dead relatives observed with great strictness at various fixed periods and on occasions of rejoicing as well as mourning by the surviving relatives (these ceremonies are performed by the daily offering of water and on stated occasions by the offering of piṇḍa-s or balls of rice and meal [see piṇḍa-]to three paternal and three maternal forefathers id est to father, grandfather, and great grandfather;it should be borne in mind that a śrāddha- is not a funeral ceremony[ antyeṣṭi-]but a supplement to such a ceremony;it is an act of reverential homage to a deceased person performed by relatives, and is moreover supposed to supply the dead with strengthening nutriment after the performance of the previous funeral ceremonies has endowed them with ethereal bodies;indeed until those antyeṣṭi-,or"funeral rites"have been performed, and until the succeeding first śrāddha- has been celebrated the deceased relative is a preta-or restless, wandering ghost, and has no real body [only a liṅga-śarīra- q.v ];it is not until the first śrāddha- has taken place that he attains a position among the pitṛ-s or Divine Fathers in their blissful abode called pitṛ-loka-, and the śrāddha- is most desirable and efficacious when performed by a son;for a full description of the śrāddha- ceremoniesSee

)

etc.

sva

mf(/ā-)n. own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own etc. (referring to all three persons according to to context, often in the beginning of a compound,but generally declinable like the pronominal sarva- exempli gratia, 'for example' svasmai- dative case svasmāt- ablative [optionally in ablative locative case singular Nominal verb plural exempli gratia, 'for example' taṃ svād āsyād asṛjat-,"he created him from his own mouth"

];and always like śiva- when used substantively [see below];sometimes used loosely for"my","thy","his","our"[ exempli gratia, 'for example' rājā bhrātaraṃ sva-grīham preṣayām-āsa-,"the king sent his brother to his(id est the brother's) house"];in the oblique cases it is used as a reflexive pronoun equals ātman-, exempli gratia, 'for example' svaṃ dūṣayati-,"he defiles himself"; svaṃ nindanti-,"they blame themselves")

etc.

tiryagīkṣa

mfn. equals yak-prekṣin-,

upaple

( upa-pla-i-) for upa-pre- q.v

upaprahi

P. (imperative 2. plural -hiṇuta-

; perfect tense 3. plural -jighyus-[

reads -jigyus-,but explains it by preṣitavantaḥ-]

) to send away to (accusative)

upaprekṣ

( upa-pra-īkṣ-) P. (2. sg. prekṣasi-) to overlook, pass over unnoticed, disregard

upapreṣ

( upa-pra-- 1 iṣ-) P. -preṣyati- (imperative 2. dual number -preṣyatam-) to impel

; to invite, summon (said of the adhvaryu- priest who summons the hotṛ- priest to sacrifice)

; 8.

utprekṣ

( ud-pra-īkṣ-) A1. -prekṣate-, to look up to (with attention, as a pupil to his teacher who occupies an elevated seat)

; to observe, regard ; to look out or at

; to expect

; to reflect on the past

; to use (a word) figuratively ; to transfer (with locative case)

; to take anything for another, compare one thing with another, illustrate by a simile ; to fancy, imagine

; to ascribe, impute.

vas

(in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'), clothed in, wearing (exempli gratia, 'for example' preta-cūvara-vas-,"wearing the garments of dead men") .

viprekṣ

( -pra-īkṣ-) A1. -prekṣate-, to look here and there, regard, consider

yavāṣika

mfn. gaRa kumudādi- and prekṣādi-.

yavāṣin

mfn. gaRa kumudādi- and prekṣādi-.

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