prayojanaM 1 Use, employment, application. 2 Use, need, necessity (with instr. of that which is needed and gen. of the user); sarbErapi rAjYAM prayojanaM Pt. 1 ; bAle kimanena pfzwena prayojanaM K. 144. 3 End, aim, object, purpose; prayojanamanuddiSya na maMdo'pi pravartate ; putraprayojanA dArAH putraH piMqaprayojanaH . hitaprayojanaM mitraM DanaM sarvaprayojanaM .. Subhāṣ. ; guRavattApi paraprayojanA R. 8. 31. 4 A means of attaining; Ms. 7. 100. 5 A cause, motive, occasion. 6 Profit, interest.