prasf | प्रस्फ़् | prasf
pra-√ sf | प्र-√ स्फ़् | P. -sisarti | -सिसर्ति |, (only Ved.) and sarati | सरति | (sometimes also Ā. ˚te | ˚ते |), to move forwards, advance (‘for’ or ‘against’ acc.), proceed (lit. and fig.), spring up, come forth, issue from (abl.), appear, rise, spread, extend, RV. &c. &c.; to break out (as fire, a disease &c.), MBh.; Pañcat. (v.l.); to be displaced (as the humours of the boy), Suśr.; to be diffused (as odour), Kathās.; to pass, elapse (as night), Vikr.; to commence, begin, Bhartṛ.; Kathās. (also Pass., e.g. prāsāri yājẏaḥ | प्रासारि याज्य़ः |, ‘the sacrifice began’, ŚBr.); to prevail, hold good, take place, Sarvad.; to stretch out (hands), RV.; to agree, promise, Inscr. : Caus. -sārayati | -सारयति |, to stretch out, extend, VS. &c. &c.; to spread out, expose (wares &c. for sale), Mn.; R. &c.; to open wide (eyes, mouth, &c.), Mṛcch.; BhP.; to diffuse, circulate, exhibit, Var.; Śaṃk.; to prosecute, transact, Kād.; (in gram.) to change a semivowel into the corresponding vowel, Pat. : Intens. (-sasre | -सस्रे |, ˚rāte | ˚राते |, ˚rāṛa | ˚राऋअ |) to extend, be protracted, last, RV.