prArT
prA rT ( pra-√ arT ) Ā. prA rTayate ( ep. also P. °ti and pr. p. °yAna ), to wish or long for, desire ( acc. ), KaṭhUp. ; MBh. &c.; to ask a person ( acc. ) for ( acc. or loc. ) or ask anything ( acc. ) from ( abl. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to wish to or ask a person to ( inf. ), ib. ; to demand in marriage, woo, Ratnāv. ; to look for, search, Bhaṭṭ. ; to have recourse to ( acc. ), Kathās. ; to seize or fall upon, attack, assail, Ragh. ; Kir.