प्रेष्य

{ prēṣya }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

to be sent.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रेष्य  mfn.  mfn. to be sent or dispatched, fit for a messenger, [Kathās.]
प्रेष्य  f.  m. a servant, menial, slave ( f( आ). a female servant, handmaid), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
प्रेष्य  n.  n. servitude, [Yājñ.] (in शूद्र-प्र्° v.l. for -प्रैष्य)
behest, command (See next)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रेष्य [prēṣya] a.  a. To be ordered, sent, despatched &c.
ष्यः A servant, menial, slave; प्रेष्यः प्रतीपोधिकृतः प्रमादी त्याज्या अमी यश्च कृतं न वेत्ति [Pt.1.424.]
A messenger.
-ष्या   A female servant, hand-maid.
ष्यम् Sending on a mission.
Servitude. -Comp.
-जनः   servants taken collectively.
-भावः   capacity of a servant, servitude, bondage; प्रेष्यभावेन नामेयं देवीशब्दक्षमा सती [M.5.12.]
वधूः the wife of a servant.
a female servant, handmaid.
-वर्गः   the body or servants, suite, train.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रेष्य  m.  ( -ष्यः) A servant.
E. प्र before, इष् to go, or प्रेष् to send, aff. ण्यत्; also प्रैष्य .

ROOTS:

प्र इष् प्रेष् ण्यत्; प्रैष्य .