Drava, Dravā, Drāva: 25 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Dravā (द्रवा, “Flowing”):—Sixth of the eight Mātṛs born from the body of Sukṛtālayā, according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra. These eight sub-manifestations (mātṛ) are associated with the (element) water. Dravā represents a specific quality water. They are presided over by the Bhairava Kapālīśa and his consort named Cāmuṇḍā. Sukṛtālayā is the Last of the Eight Mahāmātṛs, residing within the Mātṛcakra (third of the five cakras) and represents water.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Drava (द्रव, “liquid”).—One of the twenty Gurvādiguṇa, or, ‘ten opposing pairs of qualities of drugs’.—Drava is the characteristic of a drug referring to the ‘fluidity’, while its opposing quality, Sāndra, refers to its ‘thickness’. It is a Sanskrit technical term from Āyurveda (Indian medicine) and used in literature such the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā.
The quality of Drava, present in drugs and herbs, increases the Kapha (bodily fluids, or ‘phlegm’). It exhibits a predominant presence of the elements Water (ap).
Drava (द्रव):—Liquid; one among the 20 gurvadi guna
Drava (द्रव, “liquid”) and Sāndra (“dense”) refers to one of the ten counterpart-couples of the twenty Śārīraguṇa (or Gurvādiguṇa), which refers to the “twenty qualities of the body”—where guṇa (property) represents one of the six divisions of dravya (drugs).—Śārīraka-guṇas are twenty in number. There are ten guṇas with their opposite guṇas. [...] Sāndra (“dense”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of earth, water and the associated actions of “solidifying/prasādana”; while Drava (“liquid”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of water and is associated with the action “liquifying/viloḍana”.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Drāva (द्राव) refers to one of the 72 rays of the Viśuddhi-Cakra which (together with the 64 rays of the Ājñā) are associated with the lunar plane called Brahmagranthi, according to Śaṅkarācārya’s Saudaryalaharī.—Accordingly, the Goddess is visualised (by Sādhaka) as dwelling above the six Ādhāracakras ruling over the 360 rays which emanate in them [e.g., Drāva]. These 360 rays represent 360 syllables (i.e., a consummation of the śabdaprapañca or 50 alphabets) as well as the principles of nature. For the 360 syllables, together with haṃ and saḥ, Nyāsa should be performed for Śrīcakrapūjā.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Drava (द्रव) refers to a “(beautiful) liquid”, according to the Vāruṇī Pūjā [i.e., Varuni Worship] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Immersed in the heat of a flaming fire impelled by wind, seed syllables etc., a very young, bright colored, beautiful liquid (drava-rūpa), widely diffused, settled down, born of a Hūṃ, becoming pure liquefied immortality, becoming divine like Pātāla, with seven milky oceans, attract to one's self the five ambrosias”.
Drava (द्रव) refers to “water (Herukas)”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, [while describing the Heart Circle (hṛdayacakra)]: “[...] Then, he should discern Leader [Herukas on the first circle]. Light Herukas are proclaimed [on the second circle]. Lotus Herukas are on the third. Space [Herukas] are taught on the fourth. Wind Herukas are on the fifth. Earth Herukas are taught on the sixth. Fire Herukas are on the seventh. Water (drava) Herukas are on the eighth. Knowledge Herukas are on the ninth. Mind Herukas are on the tenth. Speech Herukas are on the eleventh. Body [Herukas] are taught on the twelfth. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Drava.—(EI 20), a kind of dancing. Note: drava is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
drava (द्रव).—m (S) Juice or sap; inherent moisture gen. 2 Oozing out, or the matter oozing; exudation, or an exudation; dropping, distilling, trickling. 3 Fusion or liquefaction. 4 fig. The melting of pity or tenderness.
drava (द्रव).—m Juice; exudation; fusion; the melting of pity.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Drava (द्रव).—a. [dru gatau-bhāve ap]
1) Running (as a horse); सत्यो द्रवो द्रवरः पतङ्गरः (satyo dravo dravaraḥ pataṅgaraḥ) Ṛgveda 4.4.2.
2) Dropping, oozing, wet, dripping; आक्षिप्य काचिद् द्रवरागमेव (ākṣipya kācid dravarāgameva) (pādam) R.7.7.
3) Flowing, fluid.
4) Liquid (opp. kaṭhina); द्रवः संघातकठिनः (dravaḥ saṃghātakaṭhinaḥ) (asi) Kumārasambhava 2.11.
5) Melted, liquefied.
-vaḥ 1 Going, walking about, motion.
2) Dropping, trickling, oozing, exudation.
3) Flight, retreat.
4) Play, amusement, sport.
5) Fluidity, liquefaction
6) A liquid substance, fluid; द्रव इव हृदयस्य प्रस्तरोद्भेदयोग्यः (drava iva hṛdayasya prastarodbhedayogyaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.25;2.16.
7) Juice, essence; पिबत भागवतं रसमालयम् (pibata bhāgavataṃ rasamālayam) Bhāgavata 1.1.3.
8) Decoction.
9) Speed, velocity.
1) (in drama) The flying out against one's superior. (dravīkṛ means 'to melt, liquefy'. dravībhū to be melted, as with pity &c.; dravībhavati me manaḥ Mv.7.34; dravībhūtaṃ premṇā tava hṛdayamasmin kṣaṇa iva Uttararāmacarita 3.13; dravībhūtaṃ manye patati jalarūpeṇa gaganam Mṛcchakaṭika 5.25.
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Drāva (द्राव).—[dru-bhāve-ghañ]
1) Flight, retreat.
2) Speed.
3) Running, flowing.
4) Heat.
5) Liquefaction, melting.
Derivable forms: drāvaḥ (द्रावः).
Drava (द्रव).—(m., = Sanskrit Lex., and late lit., id., see Schmidt, Nachtr. s.v.; Pali dava), sport, play: Bodhisattvabhūmi 169.5 saṃkili- kilāyate auddhatyaṃ dravaṃ prāviṣkaroti pareṣāṃ hāsa- yitukāmo; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.16.2 (mātṛgrāmeṇa…) saṃkilikilāyete, audatyaṃ (read auddhatyaṃ) dravaṃ (Tibetan ḥphyar bar byed, assuming a seductive attitude) kāyitāntyaṃ(?)kuru- taḥ; Jātakamālā 225.11 -drava-hāsa-nādaṃ; (?) Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 189.1 mā khalv ima ekam eva buddhajñānaṃ śrutvā draveṇaiva (in mere sport, lightly, not taking it seriously? but Burnouf bien vite, Kern suddenly) pratinivartayeyur…
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Drāva (द्राव).—(?) , nt. (vv.11. drāṣa, naṣa), some part of the body, in a passage (verses, tho printed as prose) identifying various bodily parts with features of the outside world: (sāgaraś cāpy amedhyaṃ vai) drāvaṃ Brahmā Prajāpatiḥ Divyāvadāna 628.29. I have no idea what is intended; but sarvaṃ, conjectured in note, seems implausible.
Drava (द्रव).—mfn.
(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) 1. Dropping, oozing. 2. Flowing. 3. Fluid, liquid. 4. Fused, liquefied, melted. m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Going, motion. 2. Flight, retreat. 3. Sport, amusement. 4. Juice, essence, exudation. 5. Fusion, liquefaction. 6. Decoction. 7. Dropping, distilling, trickling. E. dru to go, to go out of, to drop, affix bhāve ap .
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Drāva (द्राव).—m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Flight, retreat. 2. Speed, going quickly. 3. Flowing, running. 4. Fusion, liquefaction. 5. Heat. E. dru to go, affix bhāve ghañ .
Drava (द्रव).—i. e. dru + a, I. adj. 1. Running (ved.). 2. Liquid, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 12333. 3. n. A liquid substance, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 115. Ii. m. 1. Quick motion, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 11430. 2. Flight, 12567. 3. Fluidity, Bhāṣāp. 29.
Drava (द्रव).—[adjective] running, swift, flowing, liquid, overflowing or full of (—°); [masculine] course, flight; liquid substance, juice, essence.
1) Drava (द्रव):—mfn. ([from] √2. dru) running (as a horse), [Ṛg-veda iv, 40, 2]
2) flowing, fluid, dropping, dripping, trickling or overflowing with ([compound]), [Kāṭhaka; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]
3) fused, liquefied, melted, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) m. going, quick motion, flight, [Harivaṃśa]
5) play, sport, [Jātakamālā]
6) distilling, trickling, fluidity, [Bhāṣāpariccheda]
7) juice, essence, decoction
8) stream or gush of ([compound]), [Kāvya literature]
9) ([dramatic language]) the flying out against one’s superior, [Daśarūpa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
10) Name of one of the Viśve Devās, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
11) Drāva (द्राव):—m. ([from] √2. dru) going quickly, speed, flight
12) fusing, liquefaction
13) heat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
1) Drava (द्रव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. Going; flight; sport; juice; flowing; iron. a. Liquid.
2) Drāva (द्राव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. Flight, speed; fusion.
Drava (द्रव):—(von 1. dru)
1) adj. a) laufend, vom Rosse [Ṛgveda 4, 40, 2.] — b) laufend, flüssig; subst. Flüssigkeit, Saft [?(Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 30, 229. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 638. Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 523. Medinīkoṣa v. 9. fg.) Kāṭhaka-Recension 27, 7.] yadaṇḍamadhye skannaṃ tu dravamāsītsamāhitam [Harivaṃśa 12333.] [Suśruta 1, 8, 21. 33, 5. 78, 14. 169, 8. 194, 9. 2, 350, 15. 436, 9. 443, 18.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 92, 6.] [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 7.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 11.] dravāṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śuddhirutpavanaṃ smṛtam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 115.] dravāṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ peyānāmāpa uttamāḥ [Mahābhārata 14, 1221.] mūrti [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 24.] [Suśruta 2, 175, 10.] adravapāyin [1, 239, 8.] samūha [313, 5.] annaṃ dravaprāyam [2, 46, 18.] samātuluṅga [326, 10.] kāśmīra [Bhartṛhari 1, 48.] amṛta [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 3. 4, 23, 16.] dravasvacchāntarātman [Hitopadeśa I, 93.] Vgl. godrava . —
2) m. nom. act. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 27,] [Scholiast] a) Lauf, rasche Rewegung; Flucht; = gati, vega, pradrāva, vidrava [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 79.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 802.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VIŚVA] und [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] māruta [Harivaṃśa 11430.] daityadravakara [12567.] — b) das Herumlaufen, Spiel, Scherz [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 32.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 555.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) das Flüssigsein, der tropfbare Zustand eines Körpers: mādhuryadravaśaityādijaladharmāḥ [Bālabodhanī 44.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 27. 29.] — Vgl. a .
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Drāva (द्राव):—(von 1. dru) m. Lauf; Fluss, das Flüssigwerden; s. drāvakara .
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Drava (द्रव):—
1) b) amṛtadravaiḥ karaiḥ triefend von [Śiśupālavadha 9, 36.] anurāga (praṇaya) so v. a. überfliessend [Spr. 3472.] —
2) d) in der Dramatik das Herausfahren gegen einen Höherstehenden [DAŚAR.1,41.] [Sāhityadarpana 378. 381.] [PRATĀPAR. 41,a,7.]
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Drava (द्रव):—(Nachträge)
2) d) [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 19, 90.]
Drava (द्रव):——
1) Adj. — a) laufend. — b) flüssig. Am Ende eines Comp. triefend — , überfliessend von. — c) gefühlvoll [Indische sprüche 367,] v.l. —
2) m. — a) Lauf , rasche Bewegung , Flucht. — b) *Spiel , Scherz. — c) das Flüssigsein , der tropfbare Zustand eines Körpers. — d) Flüssigkeit , Saft [306,19.] śātakumbha flüssiges Gold [292,19.] [Indische sprüche 7688.] — e) in der Dramatik das Herausfahren gegen einen Höhern. — f) Nomen proprium eines der Viśve Devās [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 4.1,811,18.]
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Drāva (द्राव):—m. Nom. act. von 1. dru.
Drava (द्रव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dava.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Drava (द्रव) [Also spelled drav]:—(nm) a liquid, fluid; ~[cālita] hydraulic; ~[tā/tva] fluidity; liquidity; ~[śīla] melting, prone to melt away; ~[sthaitika] hydrostatic; ~[sthaitikī] hydrostatics.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Drava (ದ್ರವ):—
1) [adjective] running (as a horse).
2) [adjective] leaking, seeping or oozing out slowly (as through very small holes).
3) [adjective] readily flowing; running in a stream.
4) [adjective] being in the form of liquid; liquefied.
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Drava (ದ್ರವ):—
1) [noun] a moving with a fast pace; a running; a galloping.
2) [noun] that which readily flows (as water); a liquid.
3) [noun] any activity or experience that gives enjoyment or recreation; a sport.
4) [noun] the condition of containing moisture or quality of being moist.
5) [noun] the condition or fact of melting, being liquefied.
6) [noun] a liquid substance made by decocting; decoction.
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Drāva (ದ್ರಾವ):—
1) [noun] the act or an instance of running.
2) [noun] the speed or force with which one moves or is moving.
3) [noun] the act or fact of flowing in a stream; flow.
4) [noun] the act of melting (a solid substance).
5) [noun] he process of first heating a mixture to separate the more volatile parts from the less volatile parts, and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapour so as to produce a nearly pure or refined substance; distillation.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Drava (द्रव):—n. 1. melting; oozing; 2. licking; flowing; dripping; 3. any watery substance; liquid; solvent; 4. (an act of) running away; fleeing;
2) Drava (द्रव):—adj. 1. (any substance) watery; liquid; 2. melted; liquefied;
3) Drāva (द्राव):—n. 1. running; flowing; 2. liquidity; 3. (an act of) going; departure;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
drava (ဒြဝ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[dru+a]
[ဒြု+အ]
[Pali to Burmese]
drava—
(Burmese text): (၁) အရည်။ (တိ) (၂) ယိုစီးသော၊ အရည်ဖြစ်သော။ (တိ) ဒြဝဘာဝ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Liquid. (2) Leaking, in a liquid state. (See also: Dwabawa)
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+16): Dravabhava, Dravabhavasiddha, Dravacara, Dravadashva, Dravaddhridaya, Dravadhara, Dravadida, Dravadrava, Dravadravam, Dravadravya, Dravagali, Dravaheruka, Dravaja, Dravakanda, Dravakara, Dravakcakra, Dravamaya, Dravamurti, Dravapavuda, Dravapraya.
Full-text (+265): Vidrava, Upadrava, Dravakara, Uddrava, Pradrava, Candrikadrava, Samdrava, Viraladrava, Dravatva, Dravata, Pushpadrava, Saraladrava, Dravibhuta, Madhudrava, Dravarasa, Medinidrava, Haridrava, Sudhadrava, Adrava, Godrava.
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
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