pavítra 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.