Paurogava: 9 definitions
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Paurogava 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPaurogava (पौरोगव).—A superintendent of the royal household; especially, of the royal kitchen; पौरोगवः सूदाध्यक्षः (paurogavaḥ sūdādhyakṣaḥ) Abh. Chin.722.
Derivable forms: paurogavaḥ (पौरोगवः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurogava (पौरोगव).—mf. (-vaḥ-vī) Overseer or superintendent of the royal kitchen. E. purus first, gau the eye, aff. aṇ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurogava (पौरोगव).—i. e. puras-go + a, m. Overseer or superintendent of a princely kitchen, Mahābhārata 4, 28.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurogava (पौरोगव).—[masculine] inspector of a royal household, [especially] of the kitchen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurogava (पौरोगव):—[=pauro-gava] [from pauro] m. an overseer or superintendent of a royal household, ([especially]) the inspector of the royal kitchen, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaurogava (पौरोगव):—[pauro-gava] (vaḥ-vī) 1. m. 3. f. Overseer, superintendent of the kitchin.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusPaurōgava (ಪೌರೋಗವ):—[noun] the superintendent of the kitchen in a palace.
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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