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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravayaṇa (प्रवयण).—

1) The upper part of a piece of woven cloth.

2) A goad, a whip; स्वयमादित प्रवयणं प्रजापतिः (svayamādita pravayaṇaṃ prajāpatiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 13.19.

Derivable forms: pravayaṇam (प्रवयणम्).

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

Pravayaṇa (प्रवयण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. A goad. 2. The upper part of a piece of woven cloth. E. pra before, aj to go, vī substituted for the root, and aff. lyuṭ .

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

Pravayaṇa (प्रवयण).—i. e. pra-vī + ana, n. A goad.

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

1) Pravayaṇa (प्रवयण):—[=pra-vayaṇa] a 1. 2. pra-vayaṇa. See pra-√vī and pra-√ve.

2) [=pra-vayaṇa] [from pra-vī] 1. pra-vayaṇa mfn. (for 2. See under pra-√ve) fit for driving forwards (as a stick), [Pāṇini 2-4, 57 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] n. a goad, [ib.; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [=pra-vayaṇa] [from pra-ve] 2. pra-vayaṇa n. (for 1. See under pra- √vī) the upper part of a piece of woven cloth, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]

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

Pravayaṇa (प्रवयण):—[pra-vayaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. A goad.

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

Pravayana (प्रवयन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Poaṇa, Poaṇā.

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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

Pravayaṇa (ಪ್ರವಯಣ):—[noun] a whip (consisting of a rigid part attached with a flexible lash) used for driving draught animals.

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, Vayana.

Full-text: Poana, Avaprajjana, Pravayya, Pravayaniya, Pravayaka, Pravani, Pravana, Prota.

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