prayogaH 1 Use, application, employment; as in Sabdaprayoga; ayaM Sabdo BUriprayogaH -alpaprayogaH ‘this word is generally or rarely used’. 2 A usual form, general usage. 3 Hurling, throwing, discharging ( opp. saMhAraH ); prayogasaMhAraviBaktamaMtraM R. 5. 57. 4 Exhibition, performance, representation (dramatic), acting; deva prayogapraDAnaM hi nAwyaSAstraM M. 1 ; nAwikA na prayogato dfzwA Ratn. 1 ‘not seen acted on the stage’. 5 Practice, experimental portion (of a subject); ( opp. SAstra ‘theory’); tadatraBavAnimaM mAM ca SAstre prayoge ca vimfSatu M. 1. 6 Course of procedure, ceremonial form. 7 An act, action. 8 Recitation, delivery. 9 Beginning, commencement. 10 A plan, contrivance, device, scheme. 11 A means, instrument. 12 Consequence, result. 13 Combination, connection. 14 Addition. 15 (In gram. ) A usual form. 16 Offering, presenting. 17 ( a ) Principal, loan bearing interest. ( b ) Lending money on usury. 18 Appointment. 19 A sacred text or authority. 20 A cause, motive. 21 An example. 22 Application of magic, magical rites. 23 A horse. Comp. — atiSayaH one of the five kinds of prastAvanA or prologue, in which a part or performance is superseded by another in such a manner that a character is suddenly brought on the stage; i. e. where the Sūtradhāra goes out ( pb ) hinting the entrance of a character and thus performs a part superseding that which he has apparently intended for his own, viz. dancing; the S. D. thus defines it: — yadi prayoga ekasmin prayogo'nyaH prayujyate . tena pAtrapraveSaScet prayogAtiSayastadA .. 291. — nipuRa a. 1 skilled in practice; M. 3. 2 practically experienced.