Plava, Plāva: 23 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Plava (प्लव) refers to the Spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus Philippensis), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
1) Plava (प्लव) is a Sanskrit word referring to the animal “pelican”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Plava is part of the sub-group named Ambucārin, refering to animals “which move on waters”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance.
2) Plava (पत्र) is a Sanskrit word referring to either Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus bulbosus or Cyperus esculentus, which are species of plants from the Cyperaceae (sedge) family. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā.
1) Birds such as
- the Hansa,
- Sārasa,
- Krauncha,
- Chakravāka,
- Kurura (belong also to the Prasaha group),
- Kadāmva,
- Kārandava,
- Jivan Jivaka,
- Vaka,
- Valākā,
- Pundarika,
- Plava,
- Sarāri-mukha,
- Nandimukha,
- Madgu,
- Utkrosha,
- Kāchāksha,
- Mallikāksha,
- Shuklāksha,
- Pushkarashāyikā,
- Konālaka,
- Amvukukkutikā,
- Megharāva
- and Shvetacharana etc.
belong to the Plava family. These birds are found to move about in large flocks.
The flesh of any one of this family is cooling, demulcent, and spermatopoietic and destroys the deranged Vāyu. It proves beneficial in cases of hæmoptysis, is sweet in taste and of digestion, and is possessed of laxative and diuretic properties.
The Plava is a sub-group of the Ānupa group (those that frequent marshy places).
2) Plava (प्लव)—Sanskrit word for a bird “pelican”, “prasevakagala” (sack beneath beak). This animal is from the group called Plava (‘those which float’ or ‘those move about in large flocks’). Plava itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Ānupa (those that frequent marshy places).
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Plava (प्लव).—Ducks born of Śuci.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 6. 32.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Plava (प्लव) refers to the thirty-fifth of the sixty-year cycle of Jupiter, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The years of the seventh yuga are—1. Hemalamba, 2. Vilambi, 3. Vikāri, 4. Śarvarī and 5. Plava. In the first of these years crops will generally be injured and there will be storm and rain; in the second year crops will not grow in abundance and the rainfall will not be much; in the third year mankind will be afflicted with fears and there will be much rain; in the fourth year there will be famine; in Plava, the fifth year, there will be prosperity in the land and also much rain”.
Plava (प्लव) refers to the thirty-fifth saṃvatsara (“jovian year)” in Vedic astrology.—The native who is born in the ‘samvatsara’ of ‘plava’ is extremely voluptuous (has excessive sexual desire), wealthy, gets respect due to his being serviceable, defeated by his wife, contented, keeps his thoughts secret, and is of restless nature.
According with Jataka Parijata, the person born in the year plava (2021-2022 AD) will be tranquil, generous, compassionate, brave and devoted to his own duties.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Plava (प्लव) is the thirty-fifth of sixty years (saṃvatsara) in the Vedic lunar calendar according to the Arcana-dīpikā by Vāmana Mahārāja (cf. Appendix).—Accordingl, There are sixty different names for each year in the Vedic lunar calendar, which begins on the new moon day (Amāvasyā) after the appearance day of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (Gaura-pūrṇimā), in February or March. The Vedic year [viz., Plava], therefore, does not correspond exactly with the Christian solar calendar year.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Plava (प्लव) refers to the bird “Cormorant” (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis).—Birds have been described in several ancient Sanskrit texts that they have been treated elaborately by eminent scholars. These birds [viz., Plava] are enumerated in almost several Smṛtis in context of specifying the expiations for killing them and their flesh being used as a dietary article to give satisfaction to the manes (Pitṛs) in Śrāddha rites. These are elaborated especially in the Manusmṛti, Parāśarasmṛti [chapter VI], Gautamasmṛti [chapter 23], Śātātapasmṛti [II.54-56], Uśānasmṛti [IX.10-IX.12], Yājñavalkyasmṛti [I.172-I.175], Viṣṇusmṛti [51.28-51.29], Uttarāṅgirasasmṛti [X.16].
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
1) Plava (प्लव) or Plavotsava refers to the “floating festival”, as discussed in chapter 24 of the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.—Description of the chapter [brahmotsava-vidhi]: [...] Each day the procession will employ a different vāhana-vehicle. These are listed (67-79). For special observances within the brahmotsava period, other optional directions are given—[e.g., plavotsava (floating festival) on the third day (114-128a)] [...] At the discretion of the Ācārya certain other celebrations may thus be added to the brahmotsava cycle (198-202).
2) Plava (प्लव) refers to the “floating (of an icon)”, as discussed in chapter 40 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.—Description of the chapter [plavotsava-vidhi]: [...] On the first day, the icon is taken to a maṇḍapa especially built on the bank of the body of the water where the floating (plava-utsava) will take place. He is taken back to the temple that night in procession. He is brought back to the water the next day, mounted on the float—which is described (26-27)—and taken for a row around the tank three or five times. [...]
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
plava : (m.) floating; a raft.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
plava (प्लव).—m S A canoe or little boat gen.
plava (प्लव).—m A canoe or little boat gen.
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
Plava (प्लव).—a. [plu ac]
1) Swimming, floating.
2) Jumping, leaping.
3) Ved. Superior, excellent.
-vaḥ Swimming, floating.
2) Flood, swelling of a river.
3) A jump, leap; going by leaps or jumps; ते रथैर्देवधिष्ण्याभैर्हयैश्च तरल- प्लवैः (te rathairdevadhiṣṇyābhairhayaiśca tarala- plavaiḥ) Bhāgavata 1.82.7.
4) A raft, float, canoe, small boat; नावश्चारुरुहुस्त्वन्ये प्लवैस्तेरुस्तथापरे (nāvaścāruruhustvanye plavaisterustathāpare) Rām.2.89.2 (com. plavā veṇutṛṇādinirmitāḥ); नाशयेच्च शनैः पश्चात् प्लवं सलिलपूरवत् (nāśayecca śanaiḥ paścāt plavaṃ salilapūravat) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.42; सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं संतरिष्यसि (sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ saṃtariṣyasi) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 4.36; Manusmṛti 4.194; 11.19; Ve.3.25.
5) A frog; हंसक्रौञ्चप्लवाकीर्णं सारसैः संप्रसादितम् (haṃsakrauñcaplavākīrṇaṃ sārasaiḥ saṃprasāditam) Rām.3.35.18.
6) A monkey; दधि हृत्वा बक- श्चापि प्लवो मत्स्यानसंस्कृतान् (dadhi hṛtvā baka- ścāpi plavo matsyānasaṃskṛtān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.111.99.
7) A declivity, slope.
8) An enemy.
9) A sheep.
1) A man of a low tribe, a Chāṇḍāla.
11) A net or snare for catching fish.
12) The fig-tree.
13) The Kāraṇḍava bird, a kind of duck.
14) Five or more stanzas syntactically connected (= kulaka q. v.).
15) The prolated utterance of a vowel.
16) Returning, return.
17) Urging on, inciting.
18) Sound; L. D. B.
19) A kind of aquatic bird; Manusmṛti 5.12.
2) Name of a संवत्सर (saṃvatsara).
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Plāva (प्लाव).—[plu-ghañ]
1) Flowing over.
2) Jumping, leaping, क्वचिच्च दर्दुरप्लावैर्विविधैरुपहासकैः (kvacicca darduraplāvairvividhairupahāsakaiḥ) Bhāgavata 1.18.15.
3) Filling to, overflowing.
4) Straining a liquid (to remove impurities &c.); भस्माद्भिः कांस्यलोहानां शुद्धिः प्लावो द्रवस्य तु (bhasmādbhiḥ kāṃsyalohānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvo dravasya tu) Y.1.19. (see Mitā. thereon).
5) Submersion.
Derivable forms: plāvaḥ (प्लावः).
Plava (प्लव).—mfn.
(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) Who or what goes by leaps or jumps, leaping, justing, a tumbler. m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Jumping, leaping, plunging, going by leaps or plunges. 2. Swimming, floating, diving. 3. A raft, a float. 4. A frog. 5. A monkey. 6. A sheep. 7. A diver, or bird so called, (Pelicanus fusicollis.) 8. A sort of duck. 9. A man of a low or degraded tribe. 10. Waved-leaf fig-tree, (Ficus infectoria.) 11. The continuous protracted accent, the lengthened sound of vowels in poetry or the Vedas. 12. Protracting a sentence through several stanzas. 13. A declivity or shelving ground. 14. A piece of water. 15. A sort of basket or snare of basket-work for catching fish. 16. An enemy. 17. Sending, directing. n.
(-vaṃ) 1. A sort of grass, (Cyperus rotundus.) 2. Fragrant grass in general, or another sort E. plu to go, aff. ac .
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Plāva (प्लाव).—m.
(-vaḥ) 1. Submersion. 2. Filling a vessel till it runs over. 3. Jumping. 4. Filtering. E. plu to go, causal v., ghañ aff.; also with lyuṭ, plāvanaṃ .
Plava (प्लव).—i. e. plu + a, I. adj. Leaping, jumping. Ii. m. 1. Jumping. 2. Swimming, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] i. 19 (cf. Böhtl. Roth. Skr. Wörterbuc. s. v. pulakay). 3. A raft, a boat, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 42. 4. A frog. 5. A monkey. 6. A sort of duck, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 12. 7. A declivity or shelving ground. 8. A sort of basket or snare for catcing fish.
Plava (प्लव).—[adjective] swimming, floating, verging towards (—°), perishable.
— [masculine] boat, raft (also [neuter]), a kind of duck, swimming, bathing, flood; jump, leap.
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Plāva (प्लाव).—[masculine] flowing over; jump.
1) Plava (प्लव):—a plavaka etc. See [column]2.
2) Plāva (प्लाव):—a etc. See [column]2.
3) Plava (प्लव):—[from plu] b mf(ā)n. swimming, floating, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Suśruta]
4) [v.s. ...] sloping towards, inclined, [Harivaṃśa; Varāha-mihira; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi] (in [astrology] applied to a constellation situated in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent, [Varāha-mihira [Scholiast or Commentator]])
5) [v.s. ...] transient, [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad]
6) [v.s. ...] mn. (ifc. f(ā). ) a float, raft, boat, small ship, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
7) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of aquatic bird (= gātra-samplava, kāraṇḍava, jala-vāyasa, jala-kāka or jala-kukkuṭa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.
8) [v.s. ...] a frog, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] a monkey, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] & sheep, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] an arm, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] a Caṇḍāla, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] an enemy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [v.s. ...] Ficus Infectoria, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) [v.s. ...] a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
15) [v.s. ...] the 35th (or 9th) year in a cycle of Jupiter, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
16) [v.s. ...] m. swimming, bathing (ifc. f(ā). ), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
17) [v.s. ...] m. flooding, a flood, the swelling of a river, [Mahābhārata; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
18) [v.s. ...] the prolated utterance of a vowel (= pluti), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
19) [v.s. ...] protraction of a sentence through 3 or more Ślokas (= kulaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
20) [v.s. ...] sloping down or towards, proclivity, inclination, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
21) [v.s. ...] (in [astrology]) = plava-tva, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā [Scholiast or Commentator]]
22) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]
23) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sāman (also with vasiṣṭhasya), [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
24) [v.s. ...] jumping, leaping, plunging, going by leaps or plunges, [Rāmāyaṇa] (cf. [compound] below)
25) [v.s. ...] returning, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
26) [v.s. ...] urging on [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
27) [v.s. ...] n. Cyperus Rotundus or a species of fragrant grass, [Suśruta] cf. [Greek] πλόος for πλοϝος, πλοῖον
28) Plāva (प्लाव):—[from plu] b m. flowing over, filling a vessel till it overflows, [Yājñavalkya; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
29) [v.s. ...] leaping, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
1) Plava (प्लव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. Jumping, plunging; a raft; a frog; a monkey; a sheep; a duck; a diver bird; a declivity; a fig-tree; a long accent; a piece of water; fishing basket; enemy; sending. n. A grass; a fragrant grass.
2) Plāva (प्लाव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. Submersion.
Plava (प्लव):—(von plu schwimmen und springen) gaṇa pacādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134.]
1) adj. a) schwimmend [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 14.] [Suśruta 1, 138, 9.] — b) vorzüglich [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1, 2, 7.] —
2) m. a) Boot, Nachen [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 11.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 12. 3, 3, 417.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 879.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 529.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 16.] [Halāyudha 3, 49.] [Ṛgveda 1, 182, 5,] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12, 2, 48.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 12.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 3, 10, 2. 7, 5, 3, 2.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 11, 10. 17. 14, 5, 17.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 19.] [Bhagavadgītā 4, 36.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1286. 3092. 3487.] dharma eṣa plavo nānyaḥ svargaṃ draupadi gacchatām [3, 1183. 12, 8630. 12283. 13, 2687. 14, 1484.] [Harivaṃśa 8327.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 55, 5. 14] (sumahā). [16. 89, 21.] [Spr. 1929. 3258.] bhujaplavaiḥ [Hiḍimbavadha 1, 14.] yathā plavenaupalena nimajjatyudake taran [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 194.] aśma [190.] [Mahābhārata 5, 1441.] plavavat = plaveneva [Brāhmaṇavilāpa 3, 4.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā: śaracāpaplavā (nadī) [Mahābhārata 4, 2015. 7, 894. 3387. 12, 3643.] — b) = palava ein zum Fischfang dienender durchbrochener Korb [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 14.] — c) ein best. Schwimmvogel [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 34.] = gātrasaṃplava Pelicanus fusicollis [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1340.] = kāraṇḍava [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = jalavāyasa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = jalakāka [Medinīkoṣa] = jalakukkuṭa [Mitākṣarā im Śabdakalpadruma -] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 24, 34.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 12. 12, 62.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 173. 3, 214.] [Mahābhārata 3, 11113. 11579. 10, 267. 12, 1315. 13, 5496.] [Harivaṃśa 3629.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 103, 42 (111, 49 Gorresio). 3, 79, 41. 4, 50. 14.] [Suśruta 1, 205, 13.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 72, 4.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 21, 43.] — d) Frosch [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 24.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 417.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1354.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) Affe [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — f) Schaf [Medinīkoṣa] — g) ein Cāṇḍāla [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 20.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 933.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — h) Feind [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — i) = plakṣa Ficus infectoria Willd. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] markaṭī in [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] ist wohl nur ein Druckfehler für parkaṭī . — k) eine best. Waffe: gadāparighanistriṃśapaṭṭiśāyodhanaplavaiḥ [Mahābhārata 7, 1121.] — l) das 35te (9te) Jahr im Jupitercyclus [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 8, 39. 40.] [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 180.] — m) Name verschiedener Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,225,b.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa.5,8,4. 14,5,16.] [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa.3,8.] [LĀṬY.8,5,14.] — n) das Schwimmen, = pluti, plavana [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = gati [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] ye ca gamyante plavena plavanena ca Schwimmen oder Springen [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 40, 32.] tattvajñānāmṛtāmbhaḥplavalulitadhiyām [Spr. 3081.] gacchatyavabhṛthaplavam das Baden [Mahābhārata 3, 10526.] taḍāgāmbukṛtaplavā [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 99.] pratipānahradān sukhaplavān (sukhāplavān ed. Bomb.) [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 91, 71.] nayana das Schwimmen des Auges [Suśruta 2, 401, 8.] — o) das Ueberfliessen, Wasserfluth, Anschwellen eines Flusses, = pūra [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1087.] = jalāntara [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] prāvṛṭkāle mahāplavaḥ . babhūvānudinaṃ meghairvarṣadbhiranusaṃtatam .. [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 74, 8. 12.] udapānaplave grāme [Mahābhārata 13, 4524. 4568.] — p) das Schwimmen eines Vocals, gezogene Aussprache eines Vocals (s. pluti); = śabda [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — q) das Durchgehen eines und desselben Satzes durch drei oder mehr Śloka. = kulaka [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — r) ein best. Metrum [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 408. fg.] — s) abschüssige Lage, Neigung, proclivitas [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] (kuśasthalī) prāgudakplavaśītalā [Harivaṃśa 6363.] pūrvodakplavabhūmau [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 47, 15.] Vgl. plavana 3. — t) das Springen, Sprung; s. plavaga, plavaṃgama . — u) Zurückkunft (pratigati) [Medinīkoṣa] — v) das Antreiben (preraṇa) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. Cyperus rotundus (kaivartīmustaka, mustakabhid) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 4, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] ein best. wohlriechendes Gras (gandhatṛṇa) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa -] [Suśruta 2, 78, 4.] — Vgl. a, ku, jala, dharaṇī (auch [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 165]), puṇḍarīka, pota .
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Plāva (प्लाव):—(von plu) m. das Ueberfliessen: bhasmādbhiḥ kāṃsyalohānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvo dravasya tu [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 190.] bhasmāmbubhiśca kāṃsyānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvā (lies plāvo) dravasya ca [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 35, 18.] Dieselbe Bed. hat utplavana [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 115.]
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Plava (प्लव):—
2) a) n. [ADBH. BR.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 40, 16.] — l) [Oxforder Handschriften 332,a,1.] — o) zu udapānaplava vgl. oben u. udapāna . — f) tadannāharaṇa (einer Maus) [Kathāsaritsāgara 61, 115.] hayaiśca taralaplavaiḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 82, 7.] — Vgl. marutplava .
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Plāva (प्लाव):—das Springen: dardura [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 18, 15.]
Plava (प्लव):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) schwimmend [Suśruta (rotrh) 1,238,9.] — b) geneigt. pūrvottara nach Nordost [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,736,6.] [Harivaṃśa 6363.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 48,15.] — c) vergänglich [Muṇḍakopaniṣad .1,2,7.] — d) in der astrol. heisst ein Sternbild gesenkt , geneigt , wenn es in der von seinem planetarischen Regenten beherrschten Himmelsgegend steht , [UTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1,20.] —
2) m. n. ([Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtra 4,14]) Boot , Nachen Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
3) m. — a) ein best. Schwimmvogel. — b) *Frosch. — c) *Affe. — d) *Schaf. — e) *ein Caṇḍāla. — f) *Feind. — g) *Ficus infectoria. — h) *ein zum Fischfang dienender durchbrochener Korb. — i) das 35ste (9te) Jahr im 60jährigen Jupitercyclus. — k) das Schwimmen. — l) das Baden Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — m) das Ueberfliessen , Wasserfluth , Anschwellen eines Flusses. — n) *das Schwimmen — , gezogene Aussprache eines Vocals. — o) *das Durchgehen eines und desselben durch drei oder mehr Śloka. — p) *abschüssige Lage , Neigung , proclivitas ; Vgl. 1)b). — q) in der Astrol. = plavatva [Sārāvali] bei [UTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1,20.] — r) ein best. Metrum. — s) Name eines Sāman. Auch vasiṣṭhasya plavaḥ [Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa] — t) das Springen , Sprung. — u) *Zurückkunft. — v) *das Antreiben. —
4) n. eine best. Pflanze. Nach den Lexicographen Cyperus rotundus und wohlriechendes Gras. [Mahābhārata 7,1121.] paṭiśāyodhanaplavaiḥ fehlerhaft für yodhanopalaiḥ oder yoghanopalaiḥ , wie die anderen Ausgaben haben.
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Plāva (प्लाव):—m. —
1) das Ueberfliessen , Abfliessen. plāvā f. [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 35,18] fehlerhaft. —
2) das Springen.
Plāva (प्लाव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Oṃbāla, Palāva, Pava, Pavvāla, Puāva.
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
Plava (ಪ್ಲವ):—
1) [adjective] swimming; floating.
2) [adjective] jumping; hopping.
3) [adjective] greater in quality; superior.
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Plava (ಪ್ಲವ):—
1) [noun] the act or an instance of floating.
2) [noun] the act or an instance of jumping or hopping.
3) [noun] the act or manner of flowing; flow.
4) [noun] a flat, buoyant structure of logs, boards, barrels, etc. fastened together, used as a boat in shallow water; a raft.
5) [noun] a frog.
6) [noun] a monkey.
7) [noun] caṇdāla, a man belonging to the lowest social class.
8) [noun] a kind of aquatic bird.
9) [noun] the thirty-fifth year in the Hindu cycle of sixty years.
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Plāva (ಪ್ಲಾವ):—
1) [noun] the act of flowing (of a liquid).
2) [noun] the act or an instance of jumping, leaping or hopping.
3) [noun] a flowing of a river, stream) etc. over land on either side not usu. submerged.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Plāva (प्लाव):—n. 1. swimming; 2. plunging into water; 3. a great flood; deluge;
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.
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Starts with (+6): Plavagati, Plavagendra, Plavaka, Plavakumbha, Plavamana, Plavamgamendu, Plavamgavidye, Plavan, Plavana, Plavanavega, Plavanga, Plavangama, Plavangamatanga, Plavangamendu, Plavangava, Plavani, Plavati, Plavatva, Plavavant, Plavavat.
Full-text (+124): Plavanga, Aplava, Pariplava, Plavangama, Upaplava, Kuplava, Paryaplava, Utplava, Anuplava, Marutplava, Dharaniplava, Samplava, Plavana, Plavagati, Jalaplava, Potaplava, Vipriya, Nayanaplava, Ashmaplava, Plavamgamendu.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.62 < [Section IX - Details of Transmigration]
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Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
Types of War in Vedic Period < [Chapter 4 - Principles and Ethics related to the Warfare]
Yajnavalkya-smriti with Mitakshara and Viramitrodaya (by J. R. Gharpure)
Verse 1.175 < [Chapter 7 - About the Eatables and Non-eatables]
Verse 1.190 < [Chapter 8 - On the purification of Things]
Verse 1.173 < [Chapter 7 - About the Eatables and Non-eatables]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.182.5 < [Sukta 182]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 11 - Technical Aspects of a Utsṛṣṭikāṅka < [Chapter 8 - Utsṛṣṭikāṅka (critical study)]
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 13.29 < [Chapter 13 - Prakṛti-puruṣa-vibhāga-yoga]
Verse 7.14 < [Chapter 7 - Vijñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Realization of Transcendental Knowledge)]