प्र a.-√
1.पाP. -पि॑बति, (
ind.p. -पाय,
[Pāṇ. 6-4, 69] ), to begin to drink, drink,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to imbibe (
चक्षुषा, with the eye
i.e. feast the eyes upon),
[MBh.] प्र-पा f. bf. a place for supplying water, a place for watering cattle or a shed on the road-side containing a reservoir of water for travellers, fountain, cistern, well,
[AV.] &c. &c. (
cf. [Pāṇ. 3-3, 58] ,
Vārtt. 4,
[Pat.] )
a supply of water, affluent (of a tank &c.),
[L.] प्र c.-√
3.पाP. -पाति, to protect, defend from (
abl. ),
[BhP.]