प्र-√ तुद् aP. -तुदति, to strike at, cut through, pierce,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] ;
[BhP.] :
Caus. -तोदयति, to push on, urge, instigate,
[MBh.] ;
[Mṛcch.] प्र-°तुद् m. bm. ‘pecker’,
N. of a class of birds (including the falcon, hawk, owl, parrot, crow, raven, peacock &c.),
[Āpast.]