[Skt.] n. Age, time of life, jivitakalamu, idu, vayassu. Puberty, youth, prime, bloom. yauvanamu. leprayamu fresh age. prayapuvadu a young man. prayapudi a young woman. A preparation for dying dehatyagarthivratamu, prayopadesamu. Death, cavu. Exceeding much, a multitude, samuhamu, bahulyamu. adj. (used in composition.) like, resembling, samanamu. pasuprayudu a brutish man. mrtaprayudu one who is as good as dead. adi vaniki trnaprayamu he values it no more than a straw vaniki abaddhamu tirthaprayamu telling lies is all his delight. prayash prayasah adv. Frequently, for the most part. bahusa.prayascittamu prayas -chittamu. n. Expiation, propitiation, penance, absolution, recompense, retribution, papariharamukoraku ceyukarmamu. jivaprayascittamu certain expiatory ceremonies performed over a dying person. tanakomaruniki prayascittamu ceyincinadu he had his son purified by expiatory rites. prayopavesamu orpranacaramu pray-opavesamu. n. Fasting in order to die, starving to death voluntarily. pastupadiyundi pranamunu vidicipettadamanevratamu. prayopavesamuceyu orpranacaramuceyu pray-opavesamu-cheyu v. n. To meet death by fasting in fulfilment of a vow.