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    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 120, col. 2.
    √arthaya (artháyate, -ti). seek for an object. [artha, 1067.]

    + abhi, ask, entreat.

    + pra, desire, sue for.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27, col. 3.
    arthaya arthá-ya, den. Ā. (P.), (arthate, E.),
    endeavour, strive for; ask one (ac., ab.) for
    (ac.); explain. abhi, ask one (ac.) for (ac.
    d., lc., or -artham). pra, desire; ask one
    (ac.) for (ac., lc.); request something (ac.) from
    (ab.); wish to, ask one to (inf.); woo; have
    recourse to; Ā, oppose oneself to (ac.). sam,
    prepare; conclude; judge, think, consider;
    connect with (in. or prati w. ac.); perceive;
    contemplate; resolve; cheer up, encourage.