Pahnava, Pahnavā: 6 definitions
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Pahnava 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPahnavā (पह्नवा).—m. (pl.) Name of a people; (the Persians ?); Manusmṛti 1.44.
Derivable forms: pahnavāḥ (पह्नवाः).
See also (synonyms): pahlavā, pahlikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPahnava (पह्नव).—m.
(-vaḥ) The name of one of the degraded Kshetriya races sentenced by Sagara to wear beards, perhaps a Parthian.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPahnava (पह्नव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. A bearded Kshatriya.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pahnava (पह्नव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṇhava.
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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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Ends with: Apahnava, Atyantapahnava, Nirapahnava, Nyasapahnava, Sapahnava.
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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter III - Hymns of destroying the Nagas, origin of Sagara < [Book IV]
Topographical Lists from the Mahābhārata < [Book II]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 14 - The Ontological categories of the Rāmānuja School according to Veṅkaṭanātha < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]