प्रयत

{ prayata }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-यत  mfn.  mfn. outstretched, far-extended, [RV.]; [AV.]

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प्र यत

   placed upon ( loc.), [RV.]
   offered, presented, given, granted, bestowed, [RV.] &c. &c.
   piously disposed, intent on devotion, well prepared for a solemn rite (with loc. or ifc.), ritually pure (also applied to a vessel and a place, [Āpast.]; [R.]), self-subdued, dutiful, careful, prudent, [KaṭhUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
प्र-यत  m.  m. a holy or pious person, [W.]

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प्र यत

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रयत [prayata] p.p. p.  p. p.
   Restrained, self-subdued, holy, pious, devout, purified by austerities or religious observances; keeping the organs of sense under restraint; प्रयतपरिग्रह- द्वितीयः [R.1.95;8.11;13.7;] समादिदेश प्रयतां तनूजाम् [Ku.1.58;3.16;] शुचिः प्रयतवाक्चित्तः स्तुत्वा माद्रीसुतोऽथ तम् [Bm.2.133;] प्रयते केरलदेशे प्रथितं राराष्टि कोटिलिङ्गपुरम् [Rām. Ch.1.1.]
   Zealous, intent; प्रयतोपचराम्यहम् [Mb.3.233.] 19.
   Submissive.
   Careful, prudent.
-तः   A holy or pious person. -Comp.
-आत्मन् -मानस   pious-minded, devout, ascetic; प्रयतात्मनः [Bg.9.26.]
-पाणि   folding palms together (in नमस्कार); यश्चिन्त्यते प्रयतपाणिभिः [Bhāg. 11.6.11.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्रयत  mfn.  ( -तः-ता-तं)
   1. Well-governed, restrained, self-subdued. 2. Careful, prudent.
  m.  ( -तः) A holy or pious person, one purified by austerity and mortification.
  f.  ( -ता)
   1. Pure.
   2. Submissive.
   3. Keeping the organs of sense under restraint.
    E. प्र intensely, यत् to to endeavour, aff. नङ् .

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प्र यत् नङ् .