pravft
pra-√ vft Ā. -vartate , ( ep. also P. °ti ), to roll or go onwards (as a carriage), be set in motion or going, ChUp. ; MBh. &c.; to set out, depart, betake one's self, MBh. ; R. &c.; to proceed ( vartmanA , or °ni , on a path; apaTena , on a wrong path), Kāv. ; Kathās. ; to come forth, issue, originate, arise, be produced, result, occur, happen, take place, VS. ; Br. ; MBh. &c.; to commence, begin to ( inf. ), set about, engage in, be intent upon or occupied with ( dat. loc. , or arTam ifc. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to proceed against, do injury to ( loc. ), MBh. ; R. ; Ragh. ; to debauch ( anyo 'nyam , ‘one another’), MBh. ; to act or proceed according to or with ( instr. or abl. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to behave or conduct one's self towards, deal with ( loc. ), ib. ; to hold good, prevail, ib. ; to continue, keep on ( pr.p. ), Hariv. ; Sarvad. ; to be, exist, MārkP. ; to serve for, conduce to ( dat. , or arTam ifc. ), Sarvad. ; to mean, be used in the sense of ( loc. ), ib. ; to let any one ( gen. ) have anything ( acc. ), MBh. : Caus. -vartayati , to cause to turn or roll, set in motion, RV. &c. &c.; to throw, hurl, pour forth, RV. ; MaitrS. ; to send, Prab. ; to set on foot, circulate, diffuse, divulge, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to introduce, appoint, instal, ib. ; to produce, create, accomplish, devise, invent, perform, do, make, ib. (with setum to erect a dam; with vyayakarma , to effect expenditure; with loka-yAtrAm , to transact the business of life; with kaTAm , to relate a story); to exhibit, show, display, R. ; BhP. ; to undertake, begin, KātyŚr. ; MBh. &c.; to use, employ, Bhaṭṭ. ; to induce any one to do anything, betray into ( loc. ), Kathās. ; to proceed against ( loc. ), MBh.