Palavi, Pālavī, Palvavi, Pālavi, Pālāvi: 9 definitions

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Palavi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Tamil. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

pālavī (पालवी).—f (pālava) The sprouting or shooting forth (of plants); the bearing of new foliage; or the new foliage borne. 2 fig. The recovering of flesh and plumpness (of one reduced by sickness): also the beginning to prosper (as of a poor trader). v phuṭa, yē.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pālavī (पालवी).—f The sprouting of plants. New foliage. Fig. The recovering of flesh and plumpness. The beginning to prosper (as of a poor trader).

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Pālavī (पालवी).—A kind of vessel.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pālavī (पालवी):—f. a kind of vessel, [Harivaṃśa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pālavī (पालवी):—f. eine Art Geschirr: papuḥ pālavīṣu [Harivaṃśa 8447.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pālavī (पालवी):—f. eine Art Geschirr , Nach [Nīlakaṇṭha] = kapardaniryitapātra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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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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Prakrit-English dictionary

Palāvi (पलावि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pralāpin.

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

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Kannada-English dictionary

Pāḻvāvi (ಪಾೞ್ವಾವಿ):—[noun] = ಪಾೞುಬಾವಿ [palubavi].

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Pālavi (பாலவி) [pāl-avi] noun < idem. +. See பாலடிசில். பாலவியும் பூவும்புகையும் [paladisil. palaviyum puvumbugaiyum] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 1045).

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Pālāvi (பாலாவி) [pāl-āvi] noun < பால்¹ [pal¹] + ஆவி¹. [avi¹.] Steam from boiled milk; பாலின் ஆவி. வீழ்சலதோடந் தணிக்கப் பாலாவி [palin avi. vizhsalathodan thanikkap palavi] (தேவையுலா [thevaiyula], 31).

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Pālāvi (பாலாவி) noun A kind of paddy; நெல் வகை. [nel vagai.] (யாப்பருங்கலம் விருத்தி [yapparungalam viruthi] 509.)

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon
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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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