Pravarga: 8 definitions
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Pravarga 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 dictionaryPravarga (प्रवर्ग).—
1) The sacrificial fire.
2) An epithet of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: pravargaḥ (प्रवर्गः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPravarga (प्रवर्ग).—m.
(-rgaḥ) Sacrificial fire. E. pra before, vṛj to adandon, aff. ghañ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPravarga (प्रवर्ग).—[pra-varga], m. Sacrificial fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPravarga (प्रवर्ग).—[masculine] a cert. sacrificial vessel.
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Prāvarga (प्रावर्ग).—[adjective] distinguished, eminent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pravarga (प्रवर्ग):—[=pra-varga] a pra-vargya, pra-varjana See under pra- √vṛj.
2) [=pra-varga] [from pra-vṛj] b m. a large earthenware pot (used in the Pravargya ceremony), [Sāyaṇa on Ṛg-veda vii, 103, 8]
3) [v.s. ...] [wrong reading] for next
4) Prāvarga (प्रावर्ग):—[=prā-varga] [from prā] mf(ī)n. distinguished, eminent, [Ṛg-veda]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPravarga (प्रवर्ग):—[pra-varga] (rgaḥ) 1. m. Sacrificial fire.
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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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Starts with: Pravargasaman, Pravargavartabhushana.
Ends with: Dasapravarga, Supravarga.
Full-text: Pravargya, Supravarga, Dasapravarga, Pravarg, Pravargavartabhushana, Pravargyaprayoga, Pravrikta, Pravargyasaman, Pravrijya, Pravarjana, Pravargyakanda, Pravargyavat.
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