trE cl. 1. Ā. trA/yate ( Impv. °yatAm , 2. sg. °yasva and trA/sva , pl. °yaDvam and trA/Dvam , RV. ; ep. trAti , trAtu , trAhi ; aor. Subj. trAsate , 2. du. trA/sATe , Prec. trA/sITAm , RV. ; inf. trAtum , MBh. &c.; ind.p. trAtvA , BhP. ii, 7, 9 ) to protect, preserve, cherish, defend, rescue from ( gen. or abl. ); cf. pari- , saM- .
trE 1 A. ( trAyate, trAta or trARa ) To protect, preserve, rescue or save from, defend from (usually with abl. ); kzatAtkila trAyata ityudagraH kzatrasya Sabdo Buvanezu rUQaH R. 2. 53 ; Bg. 2. 40 ; Ms. 9. 138 ; Bk. 5. 54 ; 15. 120. -WITH pari to save &c.; paritrAyasva, paritrAyasva (in dramas).