courting

a mans courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"

पंचवटी में रावण की बहन शूर्पणखा ने आकर राम से प्रणय निवेदन-किया।

The Satyagrahis had acquired such prestige that magistrates did not think it necessary to ask them for bail as they were courting jail.