praSAs 2 P. 1 To teach, instruct, advise; Bk. 19. 19. 2 To order, command; praSADi yanmayA kAryaM Mārk. P. 3 To rule, govern, be lord of; dyAM praSADi galitAvaDikAlaM N. 5. 24 ; R. 6. 76 ; 9. 1. 4 To punish, chastise. 5 To pray or ask for, seek for ( Atm. ); idaM kaviByaH pUrveByo namovAkaM praSAsmahe U. 1. 1 (used in the sense of SAs with A q. v. ).