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.])