Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

prayāsa प्रयास – exertion; effort

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

exertion; effort

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

prayāsá ·m. °sita n. effort, exertion.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-yāsa, as, m. effort, exertion, labour, pains, endeavour; prayāsena, with effort, diligently; a- prayāsena, without any exertion, without effort or difficulty.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

prayāsa pra-yāsa. See 1. pra-yas, col. 2.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prayāsá (von yas mit pra) m. Anstrengung, Bemühung H. 320. VS. 39,11. TS. 1,4,35,1. RAGH. 12,53. RAGH. 14,41. BHĀG. P. 6,10,29. BHĀG. P. 7,5,42. BHĀG. P. 9,4,49. PAÑCAT. 82,9. alaṃ strīnimittena prayāsenāmunā KATHĀS. 37,145. tvayāpyasmaddhitārthāya — īṣatprayāsaḥ — kriyatām RĀJA-TAR. 1,232. sāra iti na me tasminmaṇau prayāsaḥ VIKR. 143 (nach der richtigen Lesart). sarve prayāsā abhavanvimoghāḥ kṛtāḥ kṛtā devagaṇeṣu daityaiḥ BHĀG. P. 6,10,28. kiṃ kaśipoḥ prayāsaiḥ um ein Polster Spr. 3131. śravaṇapathaparyantagamana˚ GĪT. 11,32. bahudhanārjana˚ KULL._zu_M. 4,12. PAÑCAT. 223,19. aprayāsena ohne Anstrengung, ohne Mühe YĀJÑ. 3,115.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prayāsa , aprayāsasiddhārtha KATHĀS. 63,86. Z. 1. fg. zu VS. 39,11 vgl. prāyāsa.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prayāsá m. Anstrengung, Mühe (CARAKA. 6,24. ŚAṂK. zu BĀDAR. S. 30, Z. 6), Bemühung um (Loc., Gen., ˚arthāya, ˚nimittena oder im Comp. vorangehend).

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prayāsa IV. m. hoher Grad JĀTAKAM. 4,11. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

prayāsaḥ 1 Effort, exertion, endeavour; R. 12. 53; R. 14. 41. 2 Labour, difficulty.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prayāsá m. Mühe, Anstrengung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

prayāsa prayāsa m. (yas) fatigue produite par l'effort.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 67–73: Examining Obstacles 1 occurrence

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HP 3 occurrences
HP 1.15-1.16*2: Factors of Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 4.27*1-4.35: Rājayoga and Haṭha 1 occurrence

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HP 4.56-4.66: The Middle Path 1 occurrence

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