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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravasana (प्रवसन).—

1) Going or journeying abroad, going on a journey.

2) Dying disease.

Derivable forms: pravasanam (प्रवसनम्).

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Pravāsana (प्रवासन).—

1) Living abroad, temporary sojourn.

2) Exile, banishment; सीताविवासनपटोः करुणा कुतस्ते (sītāvivāsanapaṭoḥ karuṇā kutaste) Uttararāmacarita 2.1.

3) Killing, slaughter.

4) Going from a town.

Derivable forms: pravāsanam (प्रवासनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pravāsanā (प्रवासना).—(= Sanskrit °na, nt.), banishment, exile (as punishment): Bodhisattvabhūmi 83.19 ff.; 140.24.

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

Pravasana (प्रवसन).—n.

(-naṃ) Going abroad, sojourning in a foreign country. E. pra before, vas to dwell, lyuṭ aff.

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Pravāsana (प्रवासन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Killing, slaughter. 2. Dwelling abroad, sojourning, lodging. 3. Exile. E. pra away, vas to dwell, or divide, causal v., aff. lyuṭ .

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

Pravasana (प्रवसन).—[pra-vas + ana], n. Sojourn abroad, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 113, M.M.

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Pravāsana (प्रवासन).—i. e. pra-vas, [Causal.], + ana, n. 1. Banishment, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 125. 2. Killing.

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

Pravasana (प्रवसन).—[neuter] setting out, departing, dying.

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Pravāsana (प्रवासन).—[neuter] sending abroad, banishment.

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

1) Pravasana (प्रवसन):—[=pra-vasana] [from pra-vas] n. setting out on a journey, departing, [Amaru-śataka]

2) [v.s. ...] dying, decease, [Harṣacarita]

3) Pravāsana (प्रवासन):—[=pra-vāsana] [from pra-vāsa > pra-vas] n. ([from] [Causal]) sending away from home, exile, banishment from ([ablative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] killing, slaying, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Pravasana (प्रवसन):—[pra-vasana] (naṃ) 1. n. Residing abroad.

2) Pravāsana (प्रवासन):—[pra-vāsana] (naṃ) 1. n. Killing, slaughter; dwelling abroad; exile.

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

Pravasana (प्रवसन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pavasaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pravasana in German

context information

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

Pravāsana (ಪ್ರವಾಸನ):—

1) [noun] a sending a person out on a tour.

2) [noun] a driving out or enforced banishment of a person from his or her native land; exile.

3) [noun] the act of killing another person.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Pra, Vasana.

Ends with: Vipravasana.

Full-text: Pavasana, Vipravasana, Apratisamharya, Pratisamharana, Udvasana, Nirvasana, Vivasana, Sima.

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