In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Pravega (प्रवेग) refers to the “impact (of the dharma)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] By the impact of the dharma (dharma-pravega), the lord of the gods [i.e., devendra—Śakra] became full of happiness and all his dwelling places in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven were shaken. Then, together with many hundreds of thousands of attendant gods, he approached to the Lord, prostrated himself at the Lord’s feet, and said this to the Lord: ‘O Lord, I am Śakra, the lord of gods, who have the mastery of the gods in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven. Together with a multitude of attendant gods, I will strive to disseminate this exposition of the dharma throughout the Jambūdvīpa. [...]’”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravega (प्रवेग).—Great speed, velocity.

Derivable forms: pravegaḥ (प्रवेगः).

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

Pravega (प्रवेग).—m.

(-gaḥ) Great speed.

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

Pravega (प्रवेग):—[=pra-vega] m. (√vij) great speed, rapidity, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] (cf. śara-pr).

[Sanskrit to German]

Pravega in German

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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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Partial matches: Pra, Vega.

Ends with: Dharmapravega, Sharapravega, Varshapravega.

Full-text: Pravegita, Sharapravega, Varshapravega.

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