प्राय (prAya)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 प्राय mfn.
   (-यः-या-यं)
	 1. Like,  resembling,  (used in composition. )
	 2.
Exceeding,  much.
	 m.
  (-यः)
	 1. Fasting to death,  as a religious or
penitentiary act,  after abandoning all wordly goods and
desires.
	 2. Quantity,  abundance.
	 3. Death,  dying.
	 4. A state
or condition of life,  age,  youth,  &c.
	 n.
  (-यं) Sin. 
 E.
  प्र before,  इन् to
go,  अच् aff.
  

Capeller Eng

English

 प्राय॑ m.
  going forth,  esp.
    to fight,  onset
departure,  esp.
    from life,  seeking death by fasting (acc.  w.
  आस्,  उपास्, 
आस्था,  कृ etc. devote one's self to death)
 what is prominent,  most or
principal part.
   Adj.  —° mostly consisting of,  abounding in
 resembling, 
like
 nearly,  as it were.

Yates

English

 प्रा_य (यः) 1.
m.
  Fasting to death
abundance
 state of life.
n.
  Sin. 
a. Like,  resembling
 much.

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Wilson

English

 प्राय
mfn.
   (-यः-या-यं)
1 Like,  resembling,  (used in composition. )
2 Exceeding,  much.
m.
  (-यः)
1 Fasting to death,  as a religious or penitentiary act,  and especially after
abandoning all worldly goods,  and desires.
2 Quantity,  abundance.
3 Death,  dying.
4 A state or condition of life,  age,  youth,  &c.
n.
  (-यं) Sin. 
E.
  प्र before इन् to go,  अच् aff.
  

Apte

English

प्रायः [prāyḥ],  [प्र-अय् घञ्,  इ-अच् वा]

Going away,  departure,  departure from life.

Seeking death by fasting,  fasting,  sitting down and abstaining from food with some object in view (generally with words like आस्,  उपविश् &c.
 )
 see प्रायोपवेशन below
 प्रायोपविष्टं गङ्गायां परीतं परमर्षिभिः Bhāg.*
  1.3.43.

The largest portion,  majority,  plurality
 majority of cases.

Excess,  abundance,  plenty.

A condition of life. [N.  B. At the end of comp.
  प्राय may be translated by (a) for the most part,  generally,  mostly,  almost,  nearly
 पतनप्रायौ 'about to fall'
 मृतप्रायः 'almost dead a little less than dead,  nearly dead'
 or (b) abounding or rich in,  full of,  excessive,  abundant
 कष्टप्रायं शरीरम् U.*
  1
 शालिप्रायो देशः Pt.*
  3
 कमलामोदप्राया वनानिलाः U.*
  3.24 'full of the fragrance' &c.
 ,  or (c) like,  resembling
 वर्षशतप्रायं दिनम्,  अम्रतप्रायं वचनम् &c.
 ] Comp.
   -उपगमनम्,  -उपवेशः,  -उपवेशनम्,  -उपवेशनिका sitting down and abstaining from food and thus preparing oneself for death,  fasting oneself to death
 मया प्रायोपवेशनं कृतं विद्धि Pt.*
  4
 प्रायोपवेशनमति- र्नृपतिर्बभूव R.*
  8.94
 प्रायोपवेशसदृशं व्रतमास्थितस्य Ve.*
  3.1.-उपेत a.
  abstaining from food and thus awaiting the approach of death. -उपविष्ट,  -उपवेशिन् a.
  fasting oneself to death,  who sits without food at the door of another to exact compliance with his demands. -दर्शनम् an ordinary phenomenon.  -भव a

common,  usually met with.

executing
 युगहृदौघमध्येन ब्रह्मप्रायभवेन च । धात्रा सृष्टानि भूतानि कृष्यन्ते यमसादनम् ॥ Mb.
 *  12.235.17 (com.  ब्रह्मप्रायभावेन ब्रह्मकार्यभूतेन).

Apte 1890

English

 प्रायः [प्र-अय् घञ्,  इ-अच् वा] 1 Going away,  departure,  departure from life. 
2 Seeking death by fasting,  fasting,  sitting down and abstaining from food with some object in view (generally with words like आस्,  उपविश् &c.)
 see प्रायोपवेशन below. 
3 The largest portion,  majority,  plurality
 majority of cases. 
4 Excess,  abundance,  plenty. 
5 A condition of life. N. B. At the end of comp. प्राय may be translated by (a) for the most part,  generally,  mostly,  almost,  nearly
 पतनप्रायौ ‘about to fall
’ मृतप्रायः ‘almost dead,  a little less than dead,  nearly dead’
 or (b) abounding or rich in,  full of,  excessive,  abundant
 कष्टप्रायं शरीरं U. 1
 शालिप्रायो देशः Pt. 3
 कमलामोदप्राया वनानिलाः U. 3. 24 ‘full of the fragrance’ &c.,  or (c) like,  resembling
 वर्षशतप्रायं दिनं,  अमृतप्रायं वचनं &c. 
Comp. 
उपगमनं,  
उपवेशः,  
उपवेशनं,  
उपवेशनिका sitting down and abstaining from food and thus preparing oneself for death,  fasting oneself to death
 मया प्रायोपवेशनं कृतं विद्धि Pt. 4
 प्रायोपवेशनमतिर्नृपतिर्बभूव R. 8. 94
 प्रायोपवेशसदृशं व्रतमास्थितस्य Ve. 3. 10. 
उपेत a. abstaining from food and thus awaiting the approach of death. 
उपविष्ट,  
उपवेशिन् a. fasting oneself to death,  who sits without food at the door of another to exact compliance with his demands. 
दर्शनं an ordinary phenomenon. 
भव a. common,  usually met with. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 प्राय॑ m.
  (fr.  प्र +
  अय
 √ 5. इ) going forth,  starting (for a battle),  RV.
   ii,  18,  8

 course,  race,  AV.
   iv,  25,  2

 departure from life,  seeking death by fasting (as a religious or penitentiary act,  or to enforce compliance with a demand
 acc.
   with √ आस्,  उप-√ आस्,  उप-√ विश्,  उप-√ इ,  आ-√ स्था,  सम्-आ-√ स्था,  or √ कृ,  to renounce life,  sit down and fast to death
 with Caus.
  of √ कृ,  to force any one [acc.  ] to seek death through starvation),  MBh.
  
 Kāv.
  &c.
  

 anything prominent,  chief part,  largest portion,  plenty,  majority,  general rule (often ifc. ,  with f(आ). =
  chiefly consisting of or destined for or furnished with,  rich or abounding in,  frequently practising or applying or using
 near,  like,  resembling
 mostly,  well-nigh,  almost,  as it were
 cf.
   आर्य-,  जित-,  ज्ञाति-,  तृण-,  दण्ड-,  दुःख-,  सिद्धि-प्र्° &c.
  
 also -ता f.
 ),  ŚBr.
  
 Lāṭy.
 
 Mn.
  
 MBh.
   &c.
  

 a stage of life,  age,  L.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 प्राय प्राय,  अस्,  m. (fr. rt. 5. इ with प्र), 
setting out or starting (for a battle,  Ved.
 Sāy. =
प्र-वेश,  entering,  or = युद्ध,  battle)
 going
away,  departure,  departure from life,  seeking death
by fasting,  sitting down and fasting to death (as a
religious or penitentiary act,  or,  like the practice of
sitting in Dharnā,  to enforce compliance with a de-
mand
 often used in connection with rt. 4. आस् or
with उप-विश्,  e. g. प्रायम् आस्महे,  we sit down
seeking death by fasting
 but in such examples
प्रायम् may perhaps be regarded as the indeclinable
participle of rt. 5. इ with प्र
 cf. प्रयोपवेश)
principal part,  largest portion,  plurality,  majority, 
majority of cases,  general rule,  abundance,  plenty, 
excess,  (when used at the end of adj. comps. often
translatable by ‘in most cases, ’ ‘for the most part, ’
‘as a general rule, ’ ‘generally, ’ ‘well nigh, ’ ‘almost, ’
‘nearly, ’ e. g. दण्ड-प्°,  one who generally inflicts
punishment
 जित-प्°,  almost conquered
 cf. आर्य-
प्°,  गत-प्°,  दुःख-प्°,  संस्तुत-प्°,  सिद्ध-प्°:
or translatable by ‘abounding in, ’ ‘much, ’ ‘exceed-
ing, ’ ‘abundant, ’ e. g. शालि-प्°,  abounding in rice
cf. हिंसा-प्°: or by ‘like, ’ ‘resembling, ’ e. g. अमृत-
प्राय,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  like nectar)
 a stage or condition
of life (as youth,  age,  &c.)
 (अम्),  n. sin (?)
 प्रा-
येण,  ind. for the most part,  in most cases,  mostly, 
commonly,  as a rule
 in all probability,  probably, 
likely
 much more,  much rather.
—प्राय-गत, 
अस्,  आ,  अम्,  near departure from life,  nigh unto death.
—प्राय-चित्त,  प्राय-चित्ति,  see Scholiast on Pāṇ.
VI. 1,  157,  and cf. प्रायश्-चित्त,  &c.
—प्राय-
दर्शन,  अम्,  n. a common or ordinary pheno-
menon.
—प्राय-भव,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  being com-
monly the case,  usually met with.
—प्राय-विधा-
यिन्,  ई,  इनी,  इ,  resolved to die of starvation.
—प्रा-
यश्-चित्त,  अम्,  n. (प्राय + चित्त with श् euphonically
inserted),  an expiation,  expiatory act,  atonement, 
penance,  satisfaction,  compensation,  indemnification, 
amends
 (अस्,  आ,  अम्),  belonging to or included in
an expiation or atonement,  expiatory.
—प्रायश्चित्त-
तत्त्व,  अम्,  n.,  N. of a work by Raghu-nandana.
—प्रायश्चित्त-दीपिका,  f.,  N. of a work on ritual
by Vara-da.
—प्रायश्चित्त-पद्धति,  इस्,  f.,  N. of
a work by Kāma-deva.
—प्रायश्चित्त-रत्न,  अम्, 
n.,  N. of a work by Kamalākara-bhaṭṭa.
—प्रायश्-
चित्त-विधि,  इस्,  m. a prescribed rule of penance or
expiation.
—प्रायश्चित्त-विवेक,  अस्,  m.,  N. of a
work by Śūla-pāṇi on expiatory ceremonies.
—प्रा-
यश्-चित्ति,  इस्,  इस्,  इ (प्राय + चित्ति with श् euphoni-
cally inserted),  expiating,  atoning
 (इस्),  f. expiation, 
atonement,  penance.
—प्रायश्चित्तिक,  अस्,  ई,  अम्, 
expiating,  expiatory,  performing penance (?)
 expi-
able.
—प्रायश्चित्तिन्,  ई,  इनी,  इ,  one who does
penance or has to make expiation.
—प्रायश्चित्ति-
मत्,  आन्,  अती,  अत्,  making atonement,  expiating, 
performing penance.
—१। प्रायश्चित्तीय,  Nom. A.
प्रायश्चित्तीयते,  -यितुम्,  to have to expiate,  to be
obliged to perform penance.
—२। प्रायश्चित्तीय, 
अस्,  आ,  अम्,  relating to expiation or penance,  expia-
tory.
—प्रायश्चित्तीय-ता,  f. obligation to make an
atonement.
—प्रायश्चित्तेन्दु-शेखर (°त-इन्°), 
अस्,  m.,  N. of a work by Kāśī-nātha on expiatory
ceremonies.
—प्रायोपगमन (°य-उप्°),  अम्,  n.
going to meet death,  seeking death (by abstaining
from food).
—प्रायोपविष्ट (°य-उप्°),  अस्,  आ, 
अम्,  or प्रायोपवेशिन्,  ई,  इनी,  इ,  one who sits
down in expectation of death,  one who calmly
awaits the approach of death (by abstaining from
food),  one who sits in Dharnā to compel compliance
with a demand
 [cf. प्रायोपवेश।]
—प्रायोप-
वेश (°य-उप्°),  अस्,  m. or प्रायोपवेशन,  अम्,  n.
or प्रायोपवेशनिका,  f. abstaining from food and
awaiting in a sitting posture the approach of death, 
(this corresponds with the practice prevalent in some
parts of India of sitting in Dharnā at the door of a
house to extort a boon or gain a point which cannot
be accomplished by other means
 the person so
sitting observes a strict fast till his object is obtained, 
and if he dies in the process the sin falls on the
householder who refuses compliance with his de-
mand.)
—प्रायोपेत (°य-उप्°),  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  prepared
to die,  resolved to die (by abstaining from food).

Macdonell

English

 प्राय pra‿ayá,  m.
  going forth (to battle)
 🞄departure from life,  seeking death by fasting
 🞄(what is prominent =) chief part,  majority
 🞄—° a.
  〈1.〉 after a ɴ.,  having — for the 🞄chief part,  chiefly consisting of,  in which — 🞄predominates,  abounding in
 primarily meant 🞄for
 frequently applying or inflicting (punishment)
 🞄near,  on the verge of (e. g. accomplishment)
 🞄like,  resembling
 〈2.〉 after an a.
  🞄or pp.,  mostly
 〈3.〉 after a pp.,  almost,  so to 🞄speak: -m ās,  upa‿ās,  upa-viś,  upa‿i,  āsthā,  sam-ā-ṣtā,  or kṛ,  renounce life,  🞄seek death,  esp. by means of fasting in order 🞄to extort something
 -ṃ kāraya,  force any 🞄one (ac.) to resolve to die of starvation. 

Benfey

English

 1. प्राय प्राय,  i. e. प्रा + अ or य (cf. 
प्रायस्),  or प्र-इ + अ, 
 I. adj.
  Exceeding, 
much,  abundant,  Pañc. 163,  23 (or a
Bahuvr.)
 II. m.
 
 1. Quantity,  plenty, 
Man.  7,  69.
 2. A banquet,  a feast,  Man. 
3,  264(?).
 3. येण,  instr.
 a. Generally, 
Bhartṛ. 2,  57.
 b. How much more,  Ṛt.
6,  23.
 c. Likely,  Hit. 16,  6,  M.M.
 4.
As latter part of comp. adj.
 
 a. Almost
e. g.
गत-,  adj.
  Almost past,  MBh. 4, 
376.
सम्-आ-गत-,  Almost approached, 
very near,  Hit. 97,  14.
 b. Like,  resem-
bling
 e. g.
अमृत-,  Like nectar,  Pañc.
206,  6
 194,  21.
 -- Comp.
  प्र-सिद्ध-
क्षत्रिय-,  adj.
  consisting for the most
part of renowned Kṣatriyas,  Hit. iii.
d. 87.
प्रिय-,  adj.
  very kind. सुप्त-
जन-,  adj.
  almost everybody being
asleep,  Johns. Sel. 60,  188.
हिंसा-,  adj.
 , 
f.
  या,  abundant in injury (to living
beings),  Man.  10,  83.

 2. प्राय प्राय,  i. e. प्र-इ + अ, 
 I. m.
 
 1. Death.
 2. Fasting to death,  Pañc.
50,  15.
 3. Age.
 II. n.
  Sin. 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

प्रायः
पुं*
  - प्र +  अय् +  घञ्
"अपगमन,  विदायगी,  जीवन से प्रयाण"

प्रायः
पुं*
  - प्र +  अय् +  घञ्
"आमरण अनशन,  व्रत रखना,  किसी इष्टसिद्धि के लिए खाना -पीना छोड़ कर धरना देना"

प्रायः
पुं*
  - प्र +  अय् +  घञ्
"बड़े से बड़ा भोग,  अधिकांश अवस्था"

प्रायः
पुं*
  - प्र +  अय् +  घञ्
"अधिकता,  बहुतायत,  प्रचुरता"

प्रायः
पुं*
  - प्र +  अय् +  घञ्
जीवन की एक दशा

प्रायः
पुं*
  - -
"से युक्त,  समृद्ध,  भरा हुआ,  अत्यधिक,  प्रचुर,  सुगन्ध से भरा हुआ"

प्रायः
पुं*
  - -
"के समान,  मिलता-जुलता"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

प्राय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮರಣ ಹೊಂದಲು ಮಾಡುವ ಉಪವಾಸ
निष्पत्तिः - > प्र + इण् (गतौ) - "अच्" (३-३-५६)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > प्रकृष्टमयनम्
प्रयोगाः - > "अहं वः प्रतिजानामि न गमिष्याम्यहं पुरीम् । इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये श्रेयो मरणमेव च ॥"
उल्लेखाः - > रामा०
प्राय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮರಣ
प्राय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಹೆಚ್ಚುಸಂಖ್ಯೆ /ಅಧಿಕಾಂಶ
प्राय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿ /ಪುಷ್ಕಳವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ /ಹೇರಳವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ
प्राय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಪಾಪ
प्राय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ತಪಸ್ಸು (ಸಮಾಸದ ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ)
प्राय
पदविभागः - > अव्ययम्
कन्नडार्थः - > ಬಹುಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ /ಅನೇಕವಾಗಿ
प्राय
पदविभागः - > विशेष्यनिघ्नम्
कन्नडार्थः - > ಸಮೃದ್ಧವಾದ /ತುಂಬಿದ
प्रयोगाः - > "स्फुटितकमलामोदप्रायाः प्रवान्तु वनानिलाः"
उल्लेखाः - > उ० रा० ३-२४
प्राय
पदविभागः - > विशेष्यनिघ्नम्
कन्नडार्थः - > ಬಹಳವಾದ /ಪ್ರಚುರವಾದ /ಅಧಿಕವಾದ
प्रयोगाः - > "मिलितवेत्रपाणिवर्षवरप्रायपुरुषपरिवारा"
उल्लेखाः - > मालती० १
प्राय
पदविभागः - > विशेष्यनिघ्नम्
कन्नडार्थः - > ತುಲ್ಯವಾದ /ಸದೃಶವಾದ
प्रयोगाः - > "वर्षशतप्रायं दिनम्",  "पीयूषप्रायं प्रभाषणम्"

L R Vaidya

English

 prAya {% m. %} 1. Departure of life,  seeking death by fasting,  प्रायोपवेशनमतिर्नृपतिर्बभूव R.viii.94,  प्रायोपवेशसदृशं व्रतमस्थितस्य Ve.iii.
 2. fasting,  abstaining from food
 3. the largest portion,  majority,  majority of cases,  abundance,  e.g. जलप्राय ‘abounding with water’
 (in this sense,  the word is often used at the end of adjectival compounds and is translatable by ‘in a majority of cases, ’ ‘as a rule, ’ ‘generally, ’ ‘for the most part, ’ ‘almost, ’ e.g. जांगलं सस्यसंपन्नमार्यप्रायमनाविलम् M.iii.69)
 4. a condition of life
 5. a termination denoting similarity with a degree of inferiority,  e.g. मृतप्राय ‘all but dead, ’ नष्टप्राय &c.(प्रयेण is usetl as an indeclinable in the sense of- (1) in all probability,  most likely
 (2) mostly,  as a rule,  प्रायेण सामग्र्यविधौ गुणानां पराङ्मुखी विश्वसृजः प्रवृत्तिः K.S.iii.28,  Megh.ii.24,  Kir.v.49.)

Bopp

Latin

 प्राय (r. इ praef. प्र s. अ)
1) m. multitudo,  abundantia.
Lass. 79. 15.
2) in fine compp. similis. HIT. 96. 12. Lass.
74. 2. Instr. प्रायेण. Adv.
1) plerumque,  vulgo. MEGH.
85.
2) verisimiliter. HIT. 10. 3.

Lanman

English

 prāyá,  m.
	—1. a going forth or out
	—2. that which sticks out or is prominent
the principal part of a thing
 the most
part
 at end of cpds [1302],  having…for
the most part,  having…for its predominant
characteristic,  like…,  22^16. [√i +
pra,  1148. 1a.]

Abhyankara Grammar

English

प्राय  general nature,  general public
 cf. प्राय इति लोको व्यपदिश्यते,  M. Bh. on P. V. 1.16: cf. प्रायेार्थो वृत्तमित्येते पादज्ञानस्य हेतवः R. Pr. XVII.16: cf. also,  लौकिकी विवक्षा यत्र प्रायस्य संत्ययः M. Bh. on P. V. 1.16.

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

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वयांसि तु दशाः प्रायाः सामुद्रं देहलक्षणम् ॥ ५६५ ॥
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वयस् (क्ली),  दशा (स्त्री),  प्राय (पुं),  सामुद्र (क्ली),  देहलक्षण (क्ली)

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प्रायः संन्यास्यनशने नियमः पुण्यकं व्रतम् ।
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प्राय (पुं),  सन्न्यास्यनशन (क्ली),  नियम (पुं),  पुण्यक (क्ली),  व्रत (क्ली)

नाममाला

Sanskrit

प्राय,  वयस्,  दशा,  अनेहा,  पूर्ण,  यौवनक,  तारुण्य,  यौवन
प्रायो वयो दशानेहा पूर्णं यौवनकं विदुः ॥ १२३ ॥
तारुण्यं यौवनं चान्त्यो वार्द्धीनः स्थविरो मतः ।
verse 0.1.1.123
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शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 प्रायः,  पुं,
   (प्रकृष्टमयनमिति । प्र + अय + घञ् ।यद्बा,  प्र + इ + “एरच् ।” ३ । ३ । ५६ ।इत्यच् ।) मरणम् । मरणार्थमनशनम् । (यथा, रामायणे । ४ । ५३ । १२ ।“अहं वः प्रतिजानामि न गमिष्याम्यहं पुरीम् ।इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये श्रेयो मरणमेव च ॥
”)तुल्यम् । बाहुल्यम् । इति मेदिनी । ये,  ३६ ॥
(यथा,  साहित्यदर्पणे । ३ । १११ ।“तस्कराः पण्ड्रका मूर्खाः सुखप्राप्तधनास्तथा ।लिङ्गिनश्छन्नकामाद्या आसां (वेश्यानाम्) प्रायेणवल्लभाः ॥
”)वयः । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥
 (पापम् । तपः । इतिस्मृतिः ॥
 क्ली,
   प्रवेशः । युद्धम् । यथा,  ऋग्वेदे ।२ । १८ । ८ ।“उप ज्येष्ठे वरूथे गभस्तौप्राये प्राये जिगीवांसः स्याम ॥
”“किञ्च प्राये प्राये सोमपानार्थमिन्द्रस्य यज्ञ-शालायां प्रवेशे प्रवेशे जिगीवांसः शत्रूणांजेतारो भवेम । यद्बा,  प्राये प्राये प्रकर्षेणइयते गम्यते योद्धृभिरिति प्रायं युद्धम् । तस्मिन्युद्धे जिगीवांसः शत्रून् जितवन्तो भवेम ॥
”इति तद्भाष्ये सायनः ॥
 त्रि,  गमकः । यथा, मनौ । ३ । २६४ ।“प्रक्षाल्यहस्तावाचम्य ज्ञातिप्रायं प्रकल्पयेत् ।ज्ञातिभ्यः सत्कृतं दत्त्वा बान्धवानपि भोजयेत् ॥
”“प्रक्षाल्येति । तदनुहस्तौ प्रक्षाल्याचम्य ज्ञाति-प्रायमन्नं कुर्य्यात् । ज्ञातीन् प्रैति गच्छतीतिज्ञातिप्रायं कर्म्मण्यण् । ज्ञातीन् भोजये-दित्यर्थः ॥
” इति कुल्लूकभट्टः ॥
)

 प्रायः,  [स्] व्य,
   (प्र + अय गतौ + असुन् ।)बाहुल्यम् । इत्यमरः । ३ । ४ । १७ ॥
 (यथा, कथासरित्सागरे । ६ । १२३ ।“ततोऽहं शर्म्मवर्म्मा च ज्ञातवन्तौ क्रमेण ताम् ।अत्रान्तरे स च प्रायः पर्य्यहीयत वासरः ॥
”)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 प्राय पु०
  प्र + अय--इण्--वा घञ्--अच् वा । १ मृत्यौ २ अन-शनमृत्यौ ३ बाहुल्ये च मेदि० “प्रायेण सामग्र्यविधौगुणानाम्” कुमारः । ततः प्रकृत्यादि० सर्वविभक्त्य-पवादस्तृतीया प्रायेण गार्ग्यः सि० कौ० ।

Capeller

German

 प्राय॑ m.
  Lauf,  Auszug,  Heimgang aus dem
Leben (bes. durch Nahrungsenthaltung)
Mehrheit,  Hauptsache
 adj. —° reich
an,  meistens o. zum größten Teile —
beinahe,  fast —.

Grassman

German

 prāyá,  m.,  Aufbruch zum Kampfe [von i mit prá].
-é-prāye {209, 8}.

Burnouf

French

 प्राय प्राय m.
  (प्र
 अय de इ) procédé,  habitude, 
manière de vivre,  condition,  état civil,  âge.
		 Le mètre
dominant d'un hymne.
		 Trépas
		 jeûne funéraire.
		 Quantité, 
abondance. -- [ À la fin des compos.] semblable. -- N. péché,  faute.
-- I. प्रायेण ordinairement.
प्रायशस् adv. (sfx. शस्) ordinairement.
प्रायश्चित्त n.
  expiation d'une faute,  repentir.
प्रायश्चित्तीये (dénom. ) devoir être purifié par une
expiation,  par le repentir.
प्रायस् adv. ordinairement
 en grande partie.

Stchoupak

French

 १ प्राय-
 m.
  départ de la vie 
 fait de se
 laisser mourir
d'inanition (par pénitence ou pour obtenir qqch.).
°गत- a. v. qui s'approche de la mort.
प्रायोपगमन- nt. fait de se laisser mourir d'inanition. 
प्रायोपविष्ट- a. v. qui attend tranquillement la mort (par inanition)
 
 प्रायोपवेशिन्- a. प्रायोपेत- a. v. id.
प्रायोपवेश- m.
  -न- nt. fait de s'abstenir de toute nourriture et
d'attendre tranquillement la mort.

 २ प्राय-
 m.
  partie principale,  essentiel,  majorité des cas,  règle 
excès,  abondance 
 ifc. consistant surtout en 
 riche en,  abondant en 
destiné surtout à 
 équivalent à,  presque,  à peu près 
 -एण
ordinairement,  probablement 
 -शस् ordinairement,  généralement.

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