4 P., 10 A. (mṛgyati, mṛgayate mṛgita) 1 To seek, search for, seek after; na ratnamanviṣyati mṛgyate hi tat Ku. 5. 45; gatā dūtā dūraṃ kvacidapi pare- tān mṛgayituṃ G. L. 25.

2 To hunt, chase, pursue.

3 To aim at, strive after.

4 To examine, investigate; abicalitamanobhiḥ sādhakairmṛgyamāṇaḥ Māl. 5. 1; aṃtaryaśca mumukṣubhirniyamitaprāṇādibhirmṛ- gyate V. 1. 1 ‘inwardly sought or investigated’.

5 To ask for,...

(rather Nom. fr. mṛga; cf. mārg, mṛj) cl.4 P., 10 A1. (Dha1tup. xxvi, 137; xxxv, 46) mṛgyati, mṛg/ayate (mc. also P. ti; pr. p. mṛgayāṇa MBh.), to chase, hunt, pursue RV. &c; to seek, search for or through, investigate, examine MBh.; Ka1v. &c; to visit,... m. (prob. ranger, rover) a forest animal or wild beast, game of any kind, (esp.) a deer, fawn, gazelle, antelope, stag, musk-deer RV. &c 828,2 166792 m. the deer...