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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

pavāḷa : (m.; nt.) coral; a sprout. || pāvaḷa (m.) the buttocks.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pāvāḷa, (see pavāḷa) hair; only in cpd. °nipphoṭanā pulling out one’s hair S. IV, 300. (Page 456)

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Pavāla, & Pavāḷa (m. & nt.) (cp. Class Sk. prabāla, pravāḍa & pravāla) 1. coral J. I, 394 (°ratta-kambala); II, 88; IV, 142; Miln. 267 (with other jewels), 380 (id.); SnA 117; VvA. 112 (°ratana).—2. a sprout, young branch, shoot J. III, 389, 395 (kāḷa-valli°); V, 207; Nett 14 (°aṅkura); SnA 91 (id.). (Page 443)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pāvalā (पावला).—m (pāva) A quarter of a rupee. 2 (pāūla) A foot-mark or foot-step. 3 A step or pace. 4 In fencing, dancing &c. The graceful or scientific cast of the foot. 5 In certain idiomatical phrases it is used as pāūla.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pāvalā (पावला) [-lī, -ली].—m f A quarter of a rupee.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Pavāla (पवाल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pravāla.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pavaḷa (ಪವಳ):—

1) [noun] the hard, stony skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps (class Anthozoa) and often deposited in extensive masses forming reefs and atolls in tropical seas; coral.

2) [noun] a piece of coral, esp. the red kind used in jewelry; a coral.

3) [noun] a horse of the coral colour.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pāvalā (பாவலா) noun cf. U. āwāra. Loitering; சுற்றித்திரிகை. [surrithirigai.] Local usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Starts with (+27): Pavala malli, Pavala-k-kurinci, Pavala-malligai, Pavala-netunkunciyon, Pavala-p-pula, Pavala-vankaravacci, Pavalaakatti, Pavalacayintu, Pavalaccevikkirai, Pavaladomde, Pavalakkacu, Pavalakkali, Pavalakkatakam, Pavalakkattai, Pavalakkoti, Pavalakkunri, Pavalakkurinca, Pavalakkurincacceti, Pavalakkurinci, Pavalakkurinji.

Ends with: Adapavala, Chapavala, Hadapavala, Lepavala, Nitpavala, Padapavala, Raktapavala, Upavala.

Full-text (+36): Pavala-k-kurinci, Pavalakkattai, Pavala malli, Pravala, Pavalakkurinca, Pavalopavalim, Pavalaparpam, Pavalappalam, Pavala-netunkunciyon, Pavalappul, Pavalanir, Pavalappula, Pavalamanocilai, Pavalamani, Samsaramaya, Cem-pavalacampa, Pranatavatsala, Abhilasa, Pavala-vankaravacci, Pavalavaruku.

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