prayatnaH 1 Effort, exertion, endeavour; R. 2. 56 ; Mu. 5. 20. 2 Persevering or continued effort; perseverance. 3 Labour, difficulty; prayatnaprekzaRIyaH saMvfttaH Ś. 1 ‘hardly visible’, ‘seen with difficulty’. 4 Great care, caution; kftaprayatno'pi gfhe vinaSyati Pt. 1. 20. 5 (In gram. ) Effort in uttering, effort of the mouth in the production of articulate sounds; see Sk. on P. VIII. 2. 1. 6 (In phil. ) Active effort of three kinds; pravfttiSca nivfttiSca taTA jIvanakAraRam . evaM praTatnatryEviDyaM tAMtrikEH paridarSitam . 7 Activity, action in general. ( prayatnataH, prayatnena-tnAt &c. ind. 1 With great effort, diligently. 2 Assiduously. 3 Hardly, scarcely. 4 Particularly, specially).