prayojana प्रयोजन – purpose; aim

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prayojana ·n. cause, reason, motive, aim, purpose, use of (instr.). -- kiṃ (or bhavatu*) prayojanaṃ what is the use of, enough of (instr.); kena prayojanena, *kasmai-°nāya, (also *abl., *gen. & *loc.) the same.

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Pra-yojana, am, n. application, employment, use, use of (with inst., e. g. taruṇā kim prayoja- nam, what is the use of the tree? mama na kiñcid arthena prayojanam, to me there is no use in money, money is of no use to me); need of, neces- sity for (with inst.); cause, occasion, motive, origin; purpose, object, aim, intention, design; profit, in- terest; means of attaining (Manu VII. 100); pra- yojanena, ind. with a particular motive or inten- tion; kena prayojanena, from what cause? from what motive?

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prayojana (wie eben) n. Veranlassung, Motiv, wirkende Ursache; Zweck, Absicht AK. 3,4,15,88. AK. 3,4,18,119 H. 1514. H. an. 4,179. MED. n. 191. HALĀY. 5,81. SĀṂKHYAK. 66. P. 4,2,56. P. 5,2,81. (avamanyante) kṛtārthāśca prayojanam Spr. 3070. na vidyate kaveḥ kiṃcidavijñātaṃ prayojanam MBH. 1,5805. avadatsvaṃ prayojanam MBH. 1,7828. nahi me 'nyatprayojanam MBH. 3,2971. MBH. 3,13315. MBH. 12,11937. prayojanaṃ nirvṛttamiva vāse mama MBH. 14,399. MBH. 14,405. HARIV. 15711. bhāvastatra prayojanam YĀJÑ. 3,133. guru˚ Spr. 867. ŚĀK. 28,10, v. l. VIKR. 80,11. SĀH. D. 13. etaccaturvidhapuruṣārthaprayojanam M. 7,100. vṛthā janmaprayojanam MĀRK. P. 121,10. MĀRK. P. 125,45. na khalu prayojanaṃ kāraṇaṃ vā vilokya māyā pravartate PRAB. 15,11. PRAB. 64,12. SUŚR. 1,3,5. SUŚR. 1,24,15. SUŚR. 2,1,8. kramaḥ smṛtiprayojanaḥ VS. PRĀT. 4,179. AV. PRĀT. 4,114. AV. PRĀT. 4,119. KAṆ. 6,2,1. KAṆ. 10,2,8. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 5,17. Vārtt. zu P. 5,4,68. PAT._zu_P. 1,1,62. P. 2,4,66. P. 3,1,11 (in der ed. Calc.) Kār. zu P. 4,1,18. KĀŚ._zu_P. 1,1,56. Schol. zu P. 4,1,15 und P. 1,1,68, Vārtt. 4. MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,14,4. Ind. St. 1,16,14. Ind. St. 1,18,5. Ind. St. 1,21,8. Ind. St. 1,14,10. putraprayojanā dārāḥ putraḥ piṇḍaprayojanaḥ . hitaprayojanaṃ mitraṃ dhanaṃ sarvaprayojanam .. Spr. 1788. paraprayojanā für Andere dienend RAGH. 8,31. kṛtaprayojanā die ihren Zweck erreicht hat KATHĀS. 13,158. pratipanna˚ R. 5,8,20. siddhaṃ naḥ prayojanam PAÑCAT. 44,10. prayojanena in einer bestimmten Absicht MBH. 3,13313. PAÑCAT. 162,6. kena prayojanena in welcher Veranlassung PRAB. 25,2. prayojanavaśāt PAÑCAT. 264,22. Mit dem instr. der Sache Nutzen von Etwas: phalasaṃdohaguruṇā taruṇā kiṃ prayojanam Spr. 2210. nirdhanena dhaveneha na tu kiṃcitprayojanam Spr. 3029. (mama) na kiṃcidarthena prayojanam mir ist es nicht im Geringsten um Geld zu thun PAÑCAT. 5,5. yadā jīvitena prayojanam PAÑCAT. 162,6. PAÑCAT. 256,12. HIT. 93,5. VET. 23,3. VET. 33,16. Mit einem gen. oder dat. P. 2,3,73, Sch. — Vgl. niṣprayojana.

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prayojana , na tu buddhikṣayātkiṃcidatikrāmetprayojanam man versäume Nichts, was zum Ziele führen könnte, MBH. 1,5624.

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prayojana n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Veranlassung, Motiv, wirkende Ursache, Zweck, Endzweck, Ziel, Absicht. ˚nam ati-kram etwas zum Ziele Führendes versäumen. Instr. in einer best. Absicht. kena ˚nena, kiṃ ˚nam (Chr. 240,28) *kasmai ˚nāya, *kasmāt ˚nāt, *kasya ˚nasya und *kasmin ˚ne in welcher Veranlassung? weshalb? Chr. 231,16. fgg. Mit einem Instr. Nutzen von, das zu Thun um Chr. 317,25.

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prayojanaṃ 1 Use, employment, application. 2 Use, need, necessity (with instr. of that which is needed and gen. of the user); sarbairapi rājñāṃ prayojanaṃ Pt. 1; bāle kimanena pṛṣṭena prayojanaṃ K. 144. 3 End, aim, object, purpose; prayojanamanuddiśya na maṃdo'pi pravartate; putraprayojanā dārāḥ putraḥ piṃḍaprayojanaḥ . hitaprayojanaṃ mitraṃ dhanaṃ sarvaprayojanaṃ .. Subhāṣ.; guṇavattāpi paraprayojanā R. 8. 31. 4 A means of attaining; Ms. 7. 100. 5 A cause, motive, occasion. 6 Profit, interest.

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prayojana n. Veranlassung, Grund, Ursache, Zweck, Absicht, Nutzen von (Instr.). kim prayojanam (auch Instr. kena ˚nena, *Dat., *Abl. u. *Gen.) weshalb?

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prayojana n. auch genug an (Instr.).*