prārth प्रार्थ् – request; petition; desire

Original text · English · verb

prārth prārth (pra-arth), cl. 10. A. (rarely also P. and according to some grammarians regarded as a Nom. fr. artha with pra), prārthayate (-ti), -yitum, to wish for, desire, require, want; to ask for, beg for, pray for, request, solicit, ask any one for anything (with two acc.); to wish or want to do anything (with inf.); to pray, prefer a suit or peti- tion, make a request.

Original text · English · verbal root

prārth 10 A. 1 To ask or pray for, beg, request; tena bhavaṃtaṃ prārthayaṃte Ś. 2. 2 To demand in marriage. 3 To wish or long for, desire, want; aho vighnavatyaḥ prārthitārthasiddhayaḥ Ś. 3; svargatiṃ prārthayaṃte Bg. 9. 20; Bk. 7. 48; R. 7. 53, R. 7. 67; Ku. 5. 45. 4 To look for, search, be in search of; prārthayadhvaṃ tathā sītāṃ Bk. 7. 48. 5 To attack, seize or fall upon; asau aśvānīkena yavanānāṃ prārthitaḥ M. 5; durjayo lavaṇaḥ śūlī viśūlaḥ prārthyatāmiti R. 15. 5; R. 9. 56. 6 To petition, file a suit against.