pratan
pra-√ tan P. Ā. -tanoti , -tanute , to spread ( intr. ) or extend over, cover, fill, A. &c. &c.; to spread ( trans. ), disperse, diffuse, continue, propagate, VS. &c. &c.; to show, display, reveal, Śiś. ; to undertake, begin, perform, execute, effect, cause, do, make (also with 2 acc. ), MBh. ; Kāv. ; Rājat. : Pass. -tAyate , to spread or extend from, proceed from ( abl. ), ChUp. ; -tanyate , to be continued or extended or particularized, Sarvad.