1 Spreading abroad, ex- tending, increase, diffusing, ex- panding.

2 Stretching out; as in bāhuprasāraṇaṃ.

3 Surrounding an enemy.

4 Spreading over the country for fuel and grass.

5 The change of a semivowel (y r and v) into a vowel; see saṃprasāraṇa.

6 Dis- playing, unfolding.