prayuj 7 A. 1 To use, employ. ayamapi ca giraM nastvatpraboDayuktAM R. 5. 74 ; sadBAve sADuBAve ca sadityetatprayujyate Bg. 17. 26. 2 To appoint, employ, direct, order; mA mAM prayuMkTAH kulakIrtilope Bk. 3. 54 ; prAyukta rAjye bata duzkare tvAM 3. 51 ; Ku. 7. 85. 3 To give, bestow, confer; ASizaM prayuyuje na vAhinIM R. 11. 6 ; 2. 70 ; 5. 35 , 15. 8. 4 To move, set in motion; marutprayuktAH (bAlalatAH) R. 2. 10. 5 To excite, urge, prompt, drive on, aTAvamAnena pituH prayuktA Ku. 1. 21 ; Bg. 3. 36. 6 To perform, do; Ku. 7. 86 ; 17. 12. 7 To represent on the stage, act, perform; uttaraM rAmacaritaM tatpraRItaM prayokzyate U. 1. 2 ; Ku. 5. 35 ; parizadi prayuMjAnasya mama Mu. 1. 8 To lend for use, put to interest (as money &c.,); Ms. 8. 146. 9 To harness, yoke. 10 To appoint, invest, install (in an office.) 11 To cast, hurl, throw (as a missile); direct; prayuktamapyastranito vfTA syAt R. 2. 34. 12 To be fit, become. 13 To impose, inflict (with loc. or gen. of person). — Caus. 1 To use, employ; Ms. 3. 112. 2 To exact (as, interest) 3 To perform, practise.
prayuj f. Ved. 1 Impulse, motive, cause. 2 Acquisition, gain.