प्रार्थ् [ prārth ] [ prārth ] ( Preverb. [ pra-√ arth ] ) Ā. [ prārthayate ] ( ep. also P. [ °ti ] and pr. p. [ °yāna ] ) , to wish or long for , desire (acc.) Lit. KaṭhUp. Lit. MBh. ; to ask a person (acc.) for (acc. or loc.) or ask anything (acc.) from (abl.) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to wish to or ask a person to (inf.) Lit. ib. ; to demand in marriage , woo Lit. Ratnâv. ; to look for , search Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; to have recourse to (acc.) Lit. Kathās. ; to seize or fall upon , attack , assail Lit. Ragh. Lit. Kir.