प्रैष

{ praiṣḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रैष  m.  m. sending, direction, invitation, summons, order, call ( esp. upon the assistant priest to commence a ceremony), [AV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c.
pain, affliction, frenzy, madness (?), [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रैषः [praiṣḥ]   1 Sending, directing.
An order, command, invitation.
Affliction, distress.
Madness, frenzy.
Crushing, pressing, squeezing (मर्दन).

Shabda-Sagara

प्रैष  m.  ( -षः)
1. Sorrow, distress, affliction.
2. Pain, suffering.
3. Send- ing, directing.
4. Phrenzy, intoxication, insanity.
E. प्र before, इष् to go, aff. घञ् also प्रेष .

ROOTS:

प्र इष् घञ् प्रेष .