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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
prava	प्रव	pravá mfn. (fr. √ pru) fluttering, hovering, [RV.]
pravadh	प्रवध्	pra-√ vadh (only Pass. pr. 3. pl. -vadhyante and ind.p. -vadhya), to kill or slay, [Pañcat.]
pravac	प्रवच्	pra-√ vac P. -vakti (inf. -vā́ce, [RV. ix, 95, 2]), to proclaim, announce, praise, commend, mention, teach, impart, explain (with acc. of thing and dat. or gen. of person), [RV.] &c. &c.; to tell of betray, [TS.]; to give, deliver (with acc. and dat.), [RV.]; [Br.]; to speak, say, tell (with acc., rarely dat. of person, and acc. of thing), [PraśnUp.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. ; to declare to be, call (2 acc.), [Śrutab.] : Caus. -vācayati, to cause to announce, [Gobh.] : Desid. -vivakṣati, [MBh. xii, 3767] (w.r. -vivakṣataḥ for -vivikṣataḥ).
pravad	प्रवद्	in comp. for °vat.
		pra-√ vad P. Ā. -vadati, °te (Ved. inf. prá-vaditos), to speak out, pronounce, proclaim, declare, utter, say, tell, [RV.] &c. &c.; to speak to (acc.), [Bhaṭṭ.]; to raise the voice (said of birds and animals), [R.]; [Var.]; to roar, splash (said of water), [ĀśvGṛ.]; (cf. a-pravadat) to assert, affirm, state, [ŚvetUp.]; [Var.]; to pronounce to be, call, name (2 acc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to offer for sale (with instr. of price), [Pañcat.] (v.l.) : Caus. -vādayati, to cause to sound, play (with acc. of the instrument), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; (without an object) to play, make music, [Hariv.] (also -vādyati, with act. meaning, [MBh. xii, 1899]).
pravah	प्रवह्	pra-√ vah P. -vahati, ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 81]), to carry forwards, draw or drag on wards, [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚrS.]; [R.] ; to carry off in flowing, wash away, [RV.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [R.]; to lead or bring to (acc.), [MBh.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to bear, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to exhibit, show, utter, [BhP.]; (Ā.) to drive onwards, [RV.]; to flow along, [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]; to rush, blow (as wind), [MBh.] : Caus. -vāhayati, to cause to go away, send off, dismiss, [ĀśvŚr.]; to cause to swim away (Pass., to be washed away), [MārkP.]; [HPariś.]; to set in motion or on foot, [Hariv.]; [R.]
pravan	प्रवन्	pra-√ van Ā. -vanute (Ved. inf. právantave), to vanquish, conquer, gain, procure, [RV.]
pravap	प्रवप्	pra-√ 1. vap P. Ā. -vapati, °te, to shave off (the beard &c.), [RV.] : [TS.]; [GṛS.]
		pra-√ 2. vap P. -vapati, to scatter, strew, throw, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. -vāpayati, to scatter, strew, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]
pravas	प्रवस्	pra-√ 4. vas Ā. -vaste, to put on (clothes), to dress, [R.]
		pra-√ 5. vas P. -vasati, (rarely Ā.; e.g. pf. -vāsāṃ cakre, [ChUp.]; fut. -vatsyati, [ĀśvŚr.]; ind.p. proṣya, [ŚBr.]), to go or sojourn abroad, leave home, depart, [RV.] &c. &c.; to disappear vanish, cease, [Hariv.]; to stop at a place, abide, dwell, [MBh.]; [R.]; (= Caus.) to banish to (loc.), [R.] : Caus. -vāsayati, to make to dwell in [Divyāv.]; to order to live abroad, turn out, expel, banish, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. -vivatsati, to intend to set out on a journey, [Śiś.]; to be about to depart from (abl.), [Car.]
pravat	प्रवत्	pravát f. the side or slope of a mountain, elevation, height, [RV.]; [AV.]
		heavenly height (7 or 3 in number), [ib.]
		(pravato napāt, ‘son of the heavenly height’ i.e. Agni, [AV.])
		a sloping path, smooth or swift course (instr. sg. or pl. ‘downhill, precipitately, swiftly’), [RV.]; [TUp.]
		prá-vat mfn. directed forwards or towards, blazing forth (said of Agni), [TS.]; [AitBr.]
		containing the syllable pra or pṛ, [Br.]
		pravát (accord. to some also, ‘a river, stream’
pravaṇa	प्रवण	pra-vaṇá m. (prob. fr. 1. pra and suffix vana cf. vag-vaná, sat-vaná, śuśuk-vaná; but according to [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 5] fr. pra and vana, ‘wood’; according to others from √ pru) or n. (?) the side of a hill, slope, declivity, abyss, depth, [RV.]; [Kāṭh.]; [MBh.] (in [RV.] only loc. sg. and once pl.; in [MBh. viii, 2369] also abl. sg.)
		pra-vaṇá m. a place where four roads meet, [L.]
		a moment, [L.]
		a whirlpool, [L.]
		pra-vaṇá n. an access to (loc.), [MBh.]
		pra-vaṇá mf(A)n. declining, bent, sloping down, steep, abrupt, [TS.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.] &c.
		(ifc.) directed towards (cf. udak-, dakṣiṇā-, nimna- &c.)
		inclined or disposed or devoted to, intent upon, full of (loc., dat. gen. inf. or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		wasted, decayed, disappeared, [R.]
		generous, [L.]
		humble, modest, [L.]
		[cf. Gk. πρηνής; Lat. prōnus.]
pravaṇe	प्रवणे	pra-vaṇe (e), ind. in a precipitous course, hurriedly, hastily, [MBh.]
pravaṇi	प्रवणि	pra-vaṇi See niṣ-pravaṇi.
pravada	प्रवद	pra-°vadá mfn. sounding forth, sounding (as a drum), [Kauś.]
		pra-°vadá m. a herald, bard (?), [AV. v, 20, 9.]
pravaga	प्रवग	prava—ga m. = plava-ga, a monkey, [L.]
pravaha	प्रवह	pra-°vaha mf(A)n. bearing along, carrying (ifc.), [MBh.]; [R.]
		pra-°vaha m. N. of one of the 7 winds said to cause the motion of the planets, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (cf. [IW. 179])
		wind, air, [L.]
		N. of one of the 7 tongues of fire, [Col.]
		a reservoir into which water is carried, [Yājñ.]
		flowing or streaming forth, [L.] (cf. -vāka)
		going forth, going from a town, [W.]
pravaka	प्रवक	mfn. one who goes, [W.]
pravalg	प्रवल्ग्	pra-√ valg P. Ā. -valgati, °te, to move the limbs quickly, bound, leap, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
pravalh	प्रवल्ह्	pra-√ valh Ā. -valhate, to test with a question or a riddle, puzzle (with acc.), [AitBr.]
pravapa	प्रवप	pra-vapa mfn. (pra + vapā) having a thick membrane or omentum, [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 16], Sch.
pravarā	प्रवरा	pra-varā f. N. of a river (which falls into the Godāvarī and is celebrated for the sweetness of its water), [MBh.]; [VP.]
pravarṇ	प्रवर्ण्	pra-√ varṇ P. -varṇayati, to communicate, [MBh.]
pravara	प्रवर	pra-vara mf(A)n. (fr. pra + vara or fr. pra √ 2. vṛ; for 2. and 3. See p. 693) most excellent, chief, principal, best, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		eldest (son), [MBh.]
		better than (abl.), [BhP.]
		greater (opp. to sama, ‘equal’, and nyūna, ‘smaller’), [Var.]
		(ifc.) eminent, distinguished by, [Hariv.]
		pra-vara m. a black variety of Phaseolus Mungo, [L.]
		Opuntia Dillenii, [L.]
		N. of a messenger of the gods and friend of Indra, [Hariv.]
		of a Dānava, [ib.]
		pra-vara n. aloe wood, [Bhpr.]
		a partic. high number, [Buddh.]
		pra-vará m. (for 1. See p. 690) a cover, [ŚBr.] ([Sāy.] pra-vāra; cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 54])
		an upper garment, [Var.]
		pra-vara m. a call, summons (esp. of a Brāhman to priestly functions), [AitBr.]
		an invocation of Agni at the beginning of a sacrifice, a series of ancestors (so called because Agni is invited to bear the oblations to the gods as he did for the sacrificer's progenitors, the names of the 4 or 5 most nearly connected with the ancient Ṛṣis being then added), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
		a family, race, [L.]
		an ancestor, [KātyŚr.], Sch. (f(I). , [Pat.])
pravasu	प्रवसु	pra-vasu m. N. of a son of Īlina, [MBh.]
pravaṭa	प्रवट	pra-vaṭa m. (√ vaṭ ?) wheat, [L.]
pravabhra	प्रवभ्र	pravabhrá m. N. of Indra, [MaitrS.] (cf. prababhra).
pravaṃga	प्रवंग	prava—ṃ-ga m. = plavaṃ-ga id., [L.]
pravaṅga	प्रवङ्ग	pra-vaṅga m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]
pravahlī	प्रवह्ली	pra-vah°lī f. a riddle, enigma, [L.] (cf. pravalha, °hikā).
pravahli	प्रवह्लि	pra-vahli f. a riddle, enigma, [L.] (cf. pravalha, °hikā).
pravaktṛ	प्रवक्तृ	pra-°vaktṛ mfn. one who tells or imparts or relates, [Yājñ.]
		a good speaker, [MBh.]
		an announcer, expounder, teacher (-tva n.), [ĀśvŚr.]; [Mn.]; [R.] &c.
		the first relater of a legend (ifc. -ka), [L.]
pravalha	प्रवल्ह	pra-°valha m. a riddle, enigma, [ŚrS.]
pravarga	प्रवर्ग	pra-varga pra-vargya, pra-varjana See under pra-√ vṛj.
		pra-varga m. a large earthenware pot (used in the Pravargya ceremony), [Sāy.] on [RV. vii, 103, 8]
		w.r. for next
pravarta	प्रवर्त	pra-varta &c. See under pra-√ vṛt.
		pra-vartá m. a round ornament, [AV.] ([TS.], Sch. ‘an ear-ring’; cf. pra-vṛtta)
		engaging in, undertaking, [W.]
		excitement, stimulus, [ib.]
pravarṣa	प्रवर्ष	pra-varṣa &c. See under pra-√ vṛh.
		pra-°varṣa m. (also pl.) rain, [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]
pravayas	प्रवयस्	prá-vayas mfn. strong, vigorous, in the prime of life, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]
		advanced in age, aged, old, ancient, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Ragh.]; [Car.]
pravayyā	प्रवय्या	pra-vayyā See under pra-√ vī.
		pra-°vayyā f. to be impregnated (as a cow), [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 83.]
pravaṇībhū	प्रवणीभू	pravaṇī-√ bhū to become favourably disposed, [GopBr.]
pravaṇīkṛ	प्रवणीकृ	pravaṇī-√ kṛ to dispose favourably, [Kum.]
pravaṇatā	प्रवणता	pra-vaṇa—tā f. inclination, propensity, proneness to (comp.), [Prab.]; [Kuval.]
pravaṇaya	प्रवणय	Nom. P. °yati, to become inclined or attached to, [Dharmaś.]; to make ready, prepare, accomplish, effect, produce, [ib.]
pravaṇeja	प्रवणेज	pravaṇe-ja mfn. = pravāte-já, [Nir. viii, 9.]
pravacana	प्रवचन	pra-vacana m. one who exposes, propounds, [BhP.]
		pra-vacana n. speaking, talking, [Pañcat.]
		recitation, oral instruction, teaching, expounding, exposition, interpretation (cf. sāṃkhya-pravacana-bhāṣya), [ŚBr.]; [Up.]; [PārGṛ.]; [RPrāt.] &c.
		announcement, proclamation, [Lāṭy.]
		excellent speech or language, eloquence, [W.]
		an expression, term, [Nir.]
		a system of doctrines propounded in a treatise or dissertation
		sacred writings (esp. the Brāhmaṇas or the Vedāṅgas), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (cf. [IW. 145])
		the sacred writings of Buddhists (ninefold), [Dharmas. 62]
		the sacred writings of the Jainas, [Hemac.], Sch.
		(am, enclitic after a finite verb g. gotrādi)
pravadana	प्रवदन	pra-°vadana n. a proclamation, announcement, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
pravaditṛ	प्रवदितृ	pra-°vaditṛ́ mfn. one who speaks out, uttering (gen. or acc.), [TS.]; [MBh.]
pravadiṣu	प्रवदिषु	pra-°vadiṣu See vāk-pravadiṣu.
pravahaṇa	प्रवहण	pra-°vahaṇa n. sending away i.e. giving (a girl) in marriage, [SāmavBr.]
		creation, [Hariv.] (v.l.)
		a carriage (for women), [Mṛcch.]
		a kind of litter, [L.]
		pra-°vahaṇa f(I)n. (ifc. f(A). ) a ship, [R.]; [Kathās.]
pravapaṇa	प्रवपण	pra-°vapaṇa n. shaving off, [GṛS.]
		pra-°vapaṇa n. scattering, sowing, [GṛS.]
pravaraṇa	प्रवरण	pra-°varaṇa n. (for 2. see under pra √ 2. vṛ) the festivities at the end of the rainy season, [Buddh.]
		pra-°varaṇa n. (for 1. See above) a call, summons, invocation (ati-prav°), [ĀśvŚr.]
		any religious ceremony or observance (= anu-ṣṭhāna), [Hcat.]
pravareśa	प्रवरेश	m. a noble lord (?), [Rājat.]
		N. of a prince (= °ra-sena), [ib.]
pravargya	प्रवर्ग्य	pra-°vargyà m. a ceremony introductory to the Soma sacrifice (at which fresh milk is poured into a heated vessel called, mahā-vīra or gharma, or into boiling ghee), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
		pra-°vargyà n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
pravarham	प्रवर्हम्	pra-várham See under pra-√ vṛh.
		pra-°várham ind. plucking off, [ŚBr.]
pravartin	प्रवर्तिन्	pra-°vartin mfn. issuing, streaming forth, forth, moving onwards, flowing, [Kālid.]; [Śatr.]
		active, restless, unsteady (a-prativ°), [ŚBr.]; [Up.]
		causing to flow, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
		causing, effecting, producing, [ib.]
		using, employing, [Hariv.]
		introducing, propagating, [Cat.]
		pra-°vartin f. N. of a Jaina nun, [HPariś.]
pravartya	प्रवर्त्य	pra-°vartya mfn. to be (or being) excited to activity, [Śaṃk.]
pravarṣin	प्रवर्षिन्	pra-°varṣin mfn. raining, causing to rain, showering, discharging, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (cf. ūrdhva-prav°).
pravasatha	प्रवसथ	pra-°vasathá n. departure, separation from (abl.), [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ĀpŚr.]
pravasana	प्रवसन	pra-°vasana n. setting out on a journey, departing, [Amar.]
		dying, decease, [Hcar.]
pravatvat	प्रवत्वत्	pravát—vat (°vát-v°), mfn. abounding in heights, hilly, [RV.]
		sloping downwards, affording a swift motion, [ib.]
		‘swift, rapid’).
pravayaṇa	प्रवयण	1. 2. pra-vayaṇa See pra-√ vī and pra-√ ve.
		pra-vayaṇa mfn. (for 2. See under pra-√ ve) fit for driving forwards (as a stick), [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 57], Sch.
		pra-vayaṇa n. a goad, [ib.]; [L.]
		pra-vayaṇa n. (for 1. See under pra-√ vī) the upper part of a piece of woven cloth, [AitBr.]
pravaṃgama	प्रवंगम	prava—ṃ-gama m. = plavaṃ-g° id., [L.]
pravaṇavat	प्रवणवत्	pra-vaṇa—vat mfn. having a steep descent or declivity, [Nir.]
pravahlikā	प्रवह्लिका	pra-vah°likā f. a riddle, enigma, [L.] (cf. pravalha, °hikā).
pravalākin	प्रवलाकिन्	m. a peacock, [L.]
		a snake, [L.] (prob. w.r. for pra-calākin).
pravalgita	प्रवल्गित	pra-°valgita mfn. bounding, leaping, fluttering, [Hariv.]
pravalhikā	प्रवल्हिका	pra-°valhikā f. id. (N. of [AV. xx, 133]), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
pravalhita	प्रवल्हित	pra-°valhita mfn. enigmatical, [Nir.]
pravardhaka	प्रवर्धक	pra-vardhaka &c. See pra-√ vṛdh.
		pra-vardhaka mf(ikA)n. augmenting, increasing, enhancing, [Inscr.]
pravardhana	प्रवर्धन	pra-°vardhana mfn. id., [Hariv.]; [Suśr.]
		pra-°vardhana n. augmenting, increase, [W.]
pravaravat	प्रवरवत्	pra-vara—vat mfn. having a series of ancestors, [L.]
pravarjana	प्रवर्जन	pra-°várjana n. performance, of the Prav° ceremony, placing in or near the fire, [ŚBr.]
pravartaka	प्रवर्तक	pra-°vartaka mf(ikA)n. acting, proceeding, [L.]
		setting in motion or action, setting on foot, advancing, promoting, forwarding, [Up.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		producing, causing, effecting, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		pra-°vartaka m. a founder, author, originator of anything, [ib.]
		an arbiter, judge, [W.]
		pra-°vartaka n. (in dram.) the entrance of a previously announced person on the stage (at the end of the introduction), [Sāh.]; [Pratāp.] (cf. pra-vṛttaka and prā-varta)
pravartanā	प्रवर्तना	pra-°vartanā f. incitement to activity, [Gaut.]
		(in gram.) order, permission, the sense of the precative or qualified imperative tense (?), [W.]
pravartana	प्रवर्तन	pra-°vartana mf(I)n. being in motion, flowing, [Ragh. x, 38] (C. °vartin)
		pra-°vartana n. advance, forward movement, rolling or flowing forth, [R.]; [Var.]; [Yājñ., Sch.]
		walking, roaming, wandering, [R.]
		activity, procedure, engaging in, dealing with (instr. or loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		going on, coming off, happening, occurrence, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
		conduct, behaviour, [MBh.]
		bringing near, fetching, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
		erection, construction, [Mn.]; [Yājñ., Sch.]
		causing to appear, bringing about, advancing, promoting, introducing, employing, using, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
		informing, [W.]
pravartita	प्रवर्तित	pra-°vartita mfn. (fr. Caus.) caused to roll on or forwards, set in motion, set on foot, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		set up, established, introduced, appointed, [ib.]
		built, erected, made, performed, accomplished, [ib.]
		related, told, [Sāh.]
		made pure, hallowed, [Mn. xi, 196]
		informed, apprized, [W.]
		stimulated, incited, [ib.]
		lighted, kindled, [MW.]
		dispensed, administered, [Ml.]
		allowed to take its course, [ib.]
		enforced, [ib.]
pravartitṛ	प्रवर्तितृ	pra-°vartitṛ m. one who causes or effects, producer, bringer, [MBh.]
		one who settles or determines, [Yājñ.]
pravarṣaṇa	प्रवर्षण	pra-°varṣaṇa m. N. of a mountain, [BhP.]
		pra-°varṣaṇa n. beginning to rain, raining, causing to rain, [MBh.]; [Var.] (Sch. ‘first rain’).
pravatsyat	प्रवत्स्यत्	pra-vatsyat See pra- √ 5. vas.
		pra-°vatsyat mfn. about to dwell abroad
pravaṇāyita	प्रवणायित	n. (fr. Nom. °ṇāya) inclination, propensity, bias, [Sāh.]
pravacanīya	प्रवचनीय	pra-°vacanīya mfn. to be taught or propounded, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
		to be well or elegantly spoken, [W.]
		pra-°vacanīya m. a propounder, teacher, [Pāṇ.]; [L.]
		a good speaker, [W.]
pravadyāman	प्रवद्यामन्	právad—yāman (°vád-), mfn. having a downward path, rapid in its course (as a chariot), [RV.]
pravaktavya	प्रवक्तव्य	pra-°vaktavya mfn. to be announced or imparted or taught or explained, [Mn.]; [MBh.]
pravaktṛtva	प्रवक्तृत्व	pra-°vaktṛ—tva n.
pravaradhātu	प्रवरधातु	pra-vara—dhātu m. precious metal, [Var.]
pravaraṇīya	प्रवरणीय	pra-°vara°ṇīya mfn. fit for religious observance, [ib.]
pravarajana	प्रवरजन	pra-vara—jana m. a person of quality, [Mṛcch.]
pravarapura	प्रवरपुर	pra-vara—pura n. N. of a town in Kaśmīra, [ib.]
pravararūpa	प्रवररूप	pra-vara—rūpa mf(A)n. having a beautiful form, [MBh.]
pravarasena	प्रवरसेन	pra-vara—sena m. N. of 2 princes of Kaśmīra (cf. -nṛpati and -bhūpati), [Rājat.] (cf. [IW. 494, 2]).
pravastavya	प्रवस्तव्य	pra-°vastavyà n. (impers.) it is to be set out on a journey, [TS.]
pravayaṇīya	प्रवयणीय	pra-°vayaṇīya mfn. to be driven forwards, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 56], Sch.
pravarādhyāya	प्रवराध्याय	pra-va°rādhyāya m. N. of wk.
pravarakhaṇḍa	प्रवरखण्ड	pra-vara—khaṇḍa m. n. N. of wk.
pravarakāṇḍa	प्रवरकाण्ड	pra-vara—kāṇḍa m. n. a chapter about a series of ancestors, [Cat.]
pravararatna	प्रवररत्न	pra-vara—ratna n. N. of wk.
pravareśvara	प्रवरेश्वर	m. N. of a temple built by Pravara-sena, [ib.]
pravargyavat	प्रवर्ग्यवत्	pra-°vargyà—vat (°gyà-), mfn. connected with the Pravargya ceremony, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]
pravartakīya	प्रवर्तकीय	pra-°varta°kīya n. N. of wk.
pravartanīya	प्रवर्तनीय	pra-°vartanīya mfn. to be set in motion or employed, [Kull.]
		to be begun, [Yājñ., Sch.]
pravartayitṛ	प्रवर्तयितृ	pra-°vartayitṛ m. (fr. Caus.) one who sets in motion or action, instigator of (gen.) or to (loc.), [Kād.]; [Śaṃk.] (-tva n.)
		an erector, builder, founder, introducer, [VP.]; [Yājñ., Sch.]
		an employer, [Kull.]
pravacanapaṭu	प्रवचनपटु	pra-vacana—paṭu mfn. skilled in speaking, eloquent, [Bhartṛ.]
pravadbhārgava	प्रवद्भार्गव	pravad—bhārgava n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

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