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prayatna: neuter vocative singular stem: prayatna

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prayatna

m. persevering effort, continued exertion or endeavour, exertion bestowed on (locative case or compound), activity, action, act

etc. (instrumental case sg. and plural ablative and prayatnatas -tas- ind.with special effort, zealously, diligently, carefully; tna- in the beginning of a compound and prayatnāt tnāt- ind.also = hardly, scarcely)

prayatna

m. great care, caution

prayatna

m. (in philosophy) active efforts (of 3 kinds, viz. engaging in any act, prosecuting it, and completing it)

prayatna

m. plural volitions (one of the 17 qualities of the vaiśeṣika-s)

prayatna

m. (in gram.) effort in uttering, mode of articulation (also āsya-pray-,distinguished into ābhyantara-p-and bāhya-p-,internal and external effort)

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prayatna(1)	effort; the word is used in connection with the effort made for producing sound; confer, compare तुल्यास्यप्रयत्नं सवर्णम् P.1.1.9 these efforts are described to be of two kinds बाह्य and आभ्यन्तर of which the latter are considered in determining the cognate nature of letters ( सावर्ण्य ); confer, compareअाभ्यन्तरप्रयत्नाः सवर्णसंज्ञायामाश्रीयन्ते;Kāśikā of Jayāditya and Vāmana. on P. I. 1.9; (2) specific measure taken for a particular purpose such as marking a letter with a particular tone or accent or dividing a rule, or laying down a modificatory rule or the like; confer, compare सैवाननुवृत्तिः शब्देनाख्यायते प्रयत्नाधिक्येन पूर्वसूत्रेपि संबन्धार्थम् Kāśikā of Jayāditya and Vāmana. on P. IV. 3.22.

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prayatna	noun (masculine) (in gram.) effort in uttering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) (in phil.) active efforts (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) action (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) activity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) caution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) continued exertion or endeavour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) exertion bestowed on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) great care (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) mode of articulation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) persevering effort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) volitions (one of the 17 qualities of the Vaiśeshikas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 667/72933

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prayatna	effort, attempt, action, volition, will; perseverance.

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