prayāsa प्रयास – exertion; effort
substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
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.
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