Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

dhovati : (dhov + a) washes; rinses; cleanses.

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

Dhovati, (Sk. dhāvati, see dhāvati) to rinse, wash, cleanse, purify Vin.II, 208, 210, 214; Sn.p. 104 (bhājanāni); J.I, 8; V, 297.—dhovi J.VI, 366; DhA.III, 207. ger. dhovitvā J.I, 266; IV, 2; VvA.33 (pattaṃ), 77 (id.); PvA.75, 144. inf. dhovituṃ Vin.II, 120; IV, 261 pp. dhota (q. v.) & dhovita J.I, 266.—See also dhopati (*dhopeti). (Page 343)

context information

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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dhovati (धोवति).—(= Pali id.; to Sanskrit 2 dhāvati, ppp. dhauta which yielded MIndic dhota, as in Pali; from such forms the o became generalized, Geiger 34; less plausibly Pischel 482), washes; except for one case of the noun dhovana, and one of saṃdhovita, this verb and its derivs, are found only in Mahāvastu, the Appendix to Jātakamālā, and the Bhikṣuprakīr- ṇaka as cited in Śikṣāsamuccaya (the two latter contain prose of the same type as Mahāvastu): dhovati Mahāvastu ii.466.7; Śikṣāsamuccaya 155.1; °vāmi Mahāvastu ii.244.15; Śikṣāsamuccaya 154.18 (text dhop°, see s.v. dhopati); Jātakamālā (App.) 241.1; °vanti Mahāvastu i.168.12; impv. °vāhi Mahāvastu ii.430.3; °va Śikṣāsamuccaya 154.20; °vatu Śikṣāsamuccaya 154.19; ppp. (su-) dhovita- Mahāvastu ii.466.9; ger. °vitvā Mahāvastu ii.244.13; iii.313.7; inf. °vitu-kāma- Mahāvastu iii.312.15; pass. °vīyanti Mahāvastu ii.466.4, 5.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhōvati (ಧೋವತಿ):—[noun] = ಧೋತ್ರ - [dhotra -] 1.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Niddhovati, Paridhovati, Rodhovati, Sandhovati, Udhovati.

Full-text: Sandhovati, Dhova, Dhota, Dhopati, Dhovi, Dhovanta, Dhovitva, Dhoviya, Dhovitabba, Paridhovati, Niddhovati, Dhavala, Dhovaka, Paridhauta, Dhovana, Dhavati, Dhovapanika, Rajati, Dhona, Pari.

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