Purovata, Purovāta, Puro-vata: 9 definitions
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Purovata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Purovāta (पुरोवात) refers to “easterly wind”, mentioned in verse 3.54-55 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Dew, alkali, surfeit, curds, sesame-oil, lard, hot sun,—pungent liquor, sleep in the day-time, and easterly wind [viz., purovāta] one shall eschew. [...]”.
Note: Purovāta (“easterly wind”) has been rendered by mdun-gyi (b)ser-bu (“easterly cold wind”), with bser-bu (“cold wind”) corrupted in P to bsil-bu (“coolness”) ( ?). In 2.40 (q.v.) the same expression is, in spite of the commentaries, more likely to denote frontal wind.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Purovāta (पुरोवात) refers to “standing to the windward” (during hunting), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting by means of artifice (kālyā) is of four kinds [...]. (a) Bahukarṇikā is that in which deer are hunted by the hurling of a trident or a similar weapon by two or three persons standing to the windward (purovāta) and shouting at the top of their voices”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsPurovāta (पुरोवात, the ‘east wind’) is mentioned in the later Saṃhitās and the Brāhmaṇas. Geldner thinks it merely means the wind preceding the rains.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurovāta (पुरोवात).—m.
(-taḥ) See the last.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurovāta (पुरोवात).—m. east wind, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 81.
Purovāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puras and vāta (वात).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurovāta (पुरोवात).—[masculine] wind from before, east wind.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Purovāta (पुरोवात):—[=puro-vāta] [from puro > pur] m. = -mārnta (ifc. f(ā). ), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] the wind preceding a thunderstorm, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Puro, Puras, Vata.
Starts with: Purovatam, Purovatasani.
Full-text: Purovatasani, Nirvata, Valg, Prabala.
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Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
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