प्रयोजक

{ prayōjaka }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

prayōjaka a S That originally instigates an act; author, principal, first cause or motor. 2 That occasions, incites, prompts, urges, moves.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

a   Author. Occasions.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

ना.  आयोजक , करविता , कार्यप्रवर्तवक , पुरस्कर्ता , प्रेरक , प्रेरना देणारा .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र°योजक  mfn.  mf( इका)n. causing, effecting, leading to ( gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Rājat.]; [Sarvad.]
( ifc.) prompting, instigating, instigator, promoter, [Pāṇ. 1-4, 55]
effective, essential, [Sāh.]
deputing, anointing, [W.]
प्र°योजक  m.  m. an author, composer, [Yājñ.]
a money-lender, creditor, ib.
a founder or institutor of any ceremony, [W.]
an employer, [A.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रयोजक [prayōjaka] a.  a. Occasioning, causing, effecting, leading to, inciting, stimulating, deputing, appointing &c.; यस्मिन् कृते यन्निष्पद्यते प्रयोजनवत् तत् तस्य प्रयोजकमिति गम्यते । ŚB. on [MS.4.1.22;] यद्धि येन कर्तव्यं भवति तत्तस्य प्रयोजकम् ŚB. on [MS.9.1.2;] तत्प्रयोजको हेतुश्च [Pāṇini S.]
कः An employer, one who uses or employs.
An author.
A founder, an institutor.
A money-lender.
A law-giver, legislator.
An instigator.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रयोजक  mfn.  ( -कः-की-कं)
1. Who or what causes or induces any act. 2. Who or what deputes or appoints.
 m.  ( -कः)
1. A founder or ins- titutor of any ceremony.
2. A law-giver, a legislator.
3. An author. 4. A money-lender.
E. प्र before, युज् to join, ण्वुल् aff.

ROOTS:

प्र युज् ण्वुल्