1 Use, employment, ap- plication.

2 Use, need, necessity (with instr. of that which is need- ed and gen. of the user); sarbairapi rājñāṃ prayojanaṃ Pt. 1; bāle kimanena pṛṣṭena prayojanaṃ K. 144.

3 End, aim, object, purpose; prayojanamanuddiśya na maṃdo'pi pravartate; putraprayojanā dārāḥ putraḥ piṃḍaprayojanaḥ. hitaprayojanaṃ mitraṃ dhanaṃ sarvaprayojanaṃ.. Subhāsh.; guṇavattāpi paraprayojanā R. 8. 31.

4 A...