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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Pravaṇi.—(CII 4), a banker. Note: pravaṇi is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravāṇi (प्रवाणि) or Pravāṇī (प्रवाणी).—f. A weaver's shuttle.

Derivable forms: pravāṇiḥ (प्रवाणिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pravāṇī (प्रवाणी).—f. (-ṇī) A weaver’s shuttle. E. pra before, vī to go, aff. lyuṭ fem. aff. ṅīp; also pravāṇi .

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

Pravāṇī (प्रवाणी).—i. e. pra-ve + na + i, f. A weaver’s shuttle.

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

1) Pravaṇi (प्रवणि):—[=pra-vaṇi] See niṣ-pravaṇi.

2) Pravāṇi (प्रवाणि):—[=pra-vāṇi] [from pra-vayaṇa > pra-ve] f. a weaver’s shuttle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Pravāṇī (प्रवाणी):—[=pra-vāṇī] [from pra-vayaṇa > pra-ve] f. a weaver’s shuttle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Prāvaṇi (प्रावणि):—[=prā-vaṇi] [from prā-vaṇa > prā] (?) mfn., [Uṇādi-sūtra ii, 103 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

Pravāṇī (प्रवाणी):—(ṇī) 3. f. A weaver’s shuttle.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pravani in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pravāṇi (ಪ್ರವಾಣಿ):—[noun] a device in a loom containing a reel or spool of the woof thread, used in weaving to carry the thread back and forth between the warp threads; a shuttle.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pra, Vani.

Starts with: Pravahisu, Pravanij, Pravanikara, Pravanikri, Pravanini, Pravanita, Pravanivada.

Ends with: Kapravani, Nishpravani, Vapravani.

Full-text: Nishpravani, Pravanikri, Nishpravana, Vatodariya.

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