The Sanskrit term Praśvas can be transliterated into English as Prasvas or Prashvas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Praśvas (प्रश्वस्).—blow forth or in, exhale or inhale. [Causative] cause to breathe; quiet, comfort.

Praśvas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and śvas (श्वस्).

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

1) Praśvas (प्रश्वस्):—[=pra-√śvas] [Parasmaipada] -śvasiti, to breathe in, inhale, [Mahābhārata] :

—[Causal] -śvāsayati, to cause to breathe, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to comfort, console, [Harivaṃśa]

2) Prāśvas (प्राश्वस्):—[=prā-śvas] (pra-ā-√śvas), [Causal] -śvāsayate, to comfort, console, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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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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Partial matches: Shvas, Pra.

Starts with: Prashvasa, Prashvasati, Prashvasitavya, Prashvasta.

Ends with: Abhiprashvas.

Full-text: Prashvasa, Abhiprashvas, Prashvasitavya.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 8.6.20 < [Sukta 6]

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