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pavitraपवित्रpavítra n. a means of purification, filter, strainer, straining-cloth &c. (made of thread or hair or straw, for clarifying fruits, esp. the Soma), [RV.] &c. &c.
Kuśa grass (esp. two K° leaves for holding offerings or for sprinkling and purifying ghee &c.), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c. (ifc. also ko See sa-pavitraka), a ring of K° grass worn on the fourth finger on partic. occasions, [W.]
a purifying prayer or Mantra, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]
a means of purifying or clearing the mind, [RV. iii, 26, 8]; [31, 6] &c.
melted butter, [L.]
honey, [L.]
water, [L.]
rain or rubbing (varṣaṇa or gharṣaṇa), [L.]
copper, [L.]
the vessel in which the Argha is presented, [L.] (ifc. -ka, [MārkP.])
the Brāhmanical cord (cf. °trāropaṇs)
N. of Viṣṇu (also presented pavintrāṇām), [MBh.] (cf. [RTL. 106])
of Śiva, [ib.]
(with ādityānām and devānām) N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
pavítra m. N. of a partic. Soma-sacrifice belonging to the Rājasūya, [TāṇḍBr.], Sch.; [ŚrS.]
Sesamum Indicum, [L.]
Nageia Putranjiva, [L.]
N. of a man g. aśvādi
of an Āṅgirasa (the supposed author of [RV. ix, 67]; [73]; [83]; [107]), [RAnukr.]
(pl.) N. of a class of deities in the 14th Manv-antara, [Pur.]
pavítra mf(A)n. purifying, averting evil, pure, holy, sacred, sinless, beneficent, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
pavitrakaपवित्रकm. a small sieve or strainer, [KātyŚr.] (see also under pavitra)
m. Poa Cynosuroides, [L.]
Artemisia Indica, [L.]
Ficus Religiosa or Glomerata, [L.]
pavitratāपवित्रताpavitra—tā f. purity, cleanness, [MārkP.]; [Rājat.]
pavitrayaपवित्रयNom. P. °yati, to cleanse, purify, render happy, [Kathās.]; [Śatr.]; [Pañcad.]
pavitratvaपवित्रत्वpavitra—tva n. id., [Uttarar.]; [Hcat.]
the being a means of purification, [Kāṭh.]; [TāṇḍBr.]
pavitravatपवित्रवत्pavítra—vat (°vítra-), mfn. having a purifying instrument (as a strainer or Darbha grass), cleansing, purifying, [RV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
N. of Agni, [AitBr.]
pavitradharaपवित्रधरpavitra—dhara m. N. of a man, [Kathās.]
pavitragiriपवित्रगिरिpavitra—giri m. N. of a place, [Cat.]
pavitrakāmaपवित्रकामpavitra—kāma mfn. desirous of purification, [Baudh.]
pavitrapāṇiपवित्रपाणिpavitra—pāṇi mfn. holding Darbha grass in the hand, [Yājñ.]
pavitra—pāṇi m. N. of an ancient sage, [MBh.]
pavitrapūtaपवित्रपूतpavítra—pūta (°vítra-), mfn. clarified with a strainer, [ŚBr.]
pavitrapatiपवित्रपतिpavitra—pati m. lord of purification or purity, [VS.]
pavitrarathaपवित्ररथpavítra—ratha (vítra-), mfn. having the strainer as a chariot (Soma), [RV.]
pavitravatīपवित्रवतीpavítra—vatī (ī), f. (ī) N. of a river, [BhP.]
pavitrayoniपवित्रयोनिpavitra—yoni mfn. of spotless origin, [Pañc.]
pavitradhānyaपवित्रधान्यpavitra—dhānya n. ‘pure grain’, barley, [L.]
pavitradarbhaपवित्रदर्भpavitra—darbha m. purifying or holy Darbha grass, [R.]
pavitrakīrtiपवित्रकीर्तिpavitra—kīrti mfn. of spotless renown, [Dhūrtas.]
pavitrapaṭhanaपवित्रपठनpavitra—paṭhana n. recitation of a purifying prayer or Mantra, [MārkP.]
pavitratarīkṛपवित्रतरीकृpavitra—tarī-√ kṛ to purify or sanctify in a high degree, [Kād.]
pavitrarogaparihāraprayogaपवित्ररोगपरिहारप्रयोगpavítra—roga-parihāra-prayoga m. N. of wk.