Pravas, Pravash: 5 definitions

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Pravas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravas (प्रवस्).—1 P.

1) To live, dwell.

2) To go abroad, sojourn, be absent from home, travel; विधाय वृत्तिं भार्यायाः प्रवसेत् कार्यवान्नरः (vidhāya vṛttiṃ bhāryāyāḥ pravaset kāryavānnaraḥ) Manusmṛti 9.74; R.11.4. -Caus. To banish, send into exile; एकस्थमथ संरुध्यात् पुत्रवान् वा प्रवासयेत् (ekasthamatha saṃrudhyāt putravān vā pravāsayet) Kau. A.1.15.

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

Pravas (प्रवस्) or Parivas or Prativas.—don.

Pravas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and vas (वस्).

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Pravas (प्रवस्).—set out, go abroad (for a night); depart, disappear, be gone; stay or dwell in ([locative]); also = [Causative] banish, exile.

Pravas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and vas (वस्).

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

1) Pravas (प्रवस्):—[=pra-vas] a. pra-√4. vas [Ātmanepada] -vaste, to put on (clothes), to dress, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] b. pra-√5. vas [Parasmaipada] -vasati, (rarely [Ātmanepada]; e.g. [perfect tense] -vāsāṃ cakre, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]; [future] -vatsyati, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]; [indeclinable participle] proṣya, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]),

2) —to go or sojourn abroad, leave home, depart, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to disappear vanish, cease, [Harivaṃśa];

2) —to stop at a place, abide, dwell, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];—(= [Causal]) to banish to ([locative case]), [Rāmāyaṇa] :

2) —[Causal] -vāsayati, to make to dwell in [Divyāvadāna];

2) —to order to live abroad, turn out, expel, banish, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:

2) —[Desiderative] -vivatsati, to intend to set out on a journey, [Śiśupāla-vadha];

2) —to be about to depart from ([ablative]), [Caraka]

3) Pravāś (प्रवाश्):—[=pra-√vāś] [Parasmaipada] -vāśati, to begin to croak or make a croaking noise, [Varāha-mihira]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pravas (प्रवस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pavasa.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pravas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) dwelling abroad; foreign residence; migration; hence ~[sana; ~sita] sent abroad, exiled..—pravas (प्रवास) is alternatively transliterated as Pravāsa.

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