Pravap: 3 definitions
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Pravap 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPravap (प्रवप्).—1 U.
1) To throw, cast, offer; प्रवपाणि शिरौ भूमौ वानरस्य वनच्छिदः (pravapāṇi śirau bhūmau vānarasya vanacchidaḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.98.
2) To scatter, strew.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPravap (प्रवप्).—shear off.
Pravap is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and vap (वप्).
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Pravap (प्रवप्).—scatter, pour out, throw upon or in ([locative]), bestrew.
Pravap is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and vap (वप्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pravap (प्रवप्):—[=pra-vap] a. pra-√1. vap [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -vapati, te, to shave off (the beard etc.), [Ṛg-veda] : [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Gṛhya-sūtra 1.]
2) [=pra-vap] b. pra-√2. vap [Parasmaipada] -vapati, to scatter, strew, throw, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:
2) —[Causal] -vāpayati, to scatter, strew, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka 2.]
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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Starts with: Pravapa, Pravapana, Pravapayitar, Pravapayitri, Pravapin.
Ends with: Anupravap.
Full-text: Pravapana, Pravapin, Anupravap, Pravapayitri.
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