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pravaṇaप्रवणpra-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.]
pravaṇatāप्रवणताpra-vaṇa—tā f. inclination, propensity, proneness to (comp.), [Prab.]; [Kuval.]
pravaṇayaप्रवणयNom. P. °yati, to become inclined or attached to, [Dharmaś.]; to make ready, prepare, accomplish, effect, produce, [ib.]
pravaṇavatप्रवणवत्pra-vaṇa—vat mfn. having a steep descent or declivity, [Nir.]
pravaṇapraharṣaप्रवणप्रहर्षpra-vaṇa—praharṣa mfn. one whose joy or happiness has disappeared, [R.] (v.l. in B. pravinaṣṭa-harṣa).
pravaṇavidheyībhūप्रवणविधेयीभूpra-vaṇa—vidheyī-√ bhū to obey gladly, [Inscr.]