Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

prayojaka प्रयोजक – impelling

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

impelling

Derived from

  1. pra प्र previx — forward; forth; onward
  2. yuj युज् verbal root — yoke; join
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

prayojaka ·f. °jikā causing, effecting, essential; m. author (abstr. °tā f., °tva n.), composer, lender, creditor.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Pra-yojaka, as, ikā, am, occasioning, effecting, conducing to, causing or inducing any act, leading to anything; instigating, occasioning, prompting, arousing, stimulating, exciting; an original instigator; deputing, appointing; (as), m. a founder or insti- tutor (of any ceremony); a law-giver, legislator; an author, composer; a money-lender, creditor.

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prayojaka (wie eben) nom. ag. (f. ˚jikā) 1〉 veranlassend, bewirkend, zu Etwas führend; Urheber P. 1,4,55. tasya tattanayocchede ta evāsanprayojakāḥ RĀJA-TAR. 6,119. KULL._zu_M. 11,54. Schol. zu P. 6,1,56. dhanādāna˚ MBH. 12,3327. avivāha˚ SAṂSK. K. 181,a,1. Z. d. d. m. G. 7,168, N. 1. SĀH. D. 3,6. SĀH. D. 3,7. SĀH. D. 20,16. Schol. zu KAP. 1,95. Schol. bei WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 183. SIDDH. K._zu_P. 2,3,27. Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 319. KĀTY. ŚR. 17. KĀTY. ŚR. 18. KĀTY. ŚR. 320. KĀTY. ŚR. 2. a˚ Schol. zu KAP. 1,85. PRATĀPAR. 61,a,5. PRATĀPAR. 62,a,2. prayojakatva n. nom. abstr. Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 319,19. KĀTY. ŚR. 320,2. a˚ ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 80. — 2〉 Verfasser: dharmaśāstra˚ YĀJÑ. 1,5. — 3〉 Verleiher, Gläubiger YĀJÑ. 2,62.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prayojaka 1〉 SARVADARŚANAS. 126,8. Etwas bewirkend so v. a. wesentlich, unumgänglich SĀH. D. 277,5. SĀH. D. 285,21.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prayojaka 1〉 einen Auftrag ertheilend Z. d. d. m. G. 7,168, N. 1.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

prayojaka Adj. Nom. ag. (f. ˚jikā) — 1〉 veranlassend, einen Auftrag ertheilend, bewirkend, zu Etwas [Page4-167-a] führend, Urheber. Nom. abstr. ˚tā f. (Comm. zu NYĀYAM. 3,7,16) und ˚tva n. (Chr. 231,2). — 2〉 Etwas bewirkend, so v. a. wesentlich, unumgänglich. — 3〉 Verfasser. — 4〉 Verleiher, Gläubiger.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

prayojaka a. Occasioning, causing. effecting, leading to; inciting, stimulating, deputing, appointing &c. — kaḥ 1 An employer, one who uses or employs. 2 An author. 3 A founder, an institutor. 4 A money-lender. 5 A law-giver, legislator. 6 An instigator.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prayojaka f. ˚jikā veranlassend, bewirkend; m. Anstifter, Urheber, Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

prayojaka m. (sfx. aka) instigateur d'une action; l'auteur même.

Derived words

  • aprayojaka अप्रयोजक adjective not productive

Occurrences in source texts (2)

PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 4.2–3: Change of Life Form 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

PYS 4.4–5: Created Cittas 1 occurrence

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