Pravinya, Prāvīṇya: 11 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryprāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य).—n S Conversancy with; versedness and skill in.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishprāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य).—n Conversancy with; skill.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य).—Cleverness, skilfulness, proficiency, dexterity; आविष्कृतं कथाप्रावीण्यं वत्सेन (āviṣkṛtaṃ kathāprāvīṇyaṃ vatsena) Uttararāmacarita 4; R.15.68.
Derivable forms: prāvīṇyam (प्रावीण्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य).—m.
(-ṇyaṃ) Cleverness, skilfulness. E. pravīṇa and ṣyañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य).—i. e. pravīṇa + ya, n. Skilfulness, accurate knowledge, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 110, 14.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य).—[neuter] cleverness, skill in ([locative] or. —°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य):—[=prā-vīṇya] [from prā] n. ([from] -vīṇa) cleverness, dexterity, skill, proficiency in ([locative case] or [compound]), [Raghuvaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāvīṇya (प्रावीण्य):—(ṇyaṃ) 1. n. Skilfulness.
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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 corpusPrāvīṇya (ಪ್ರಾವೀಣ್ಯ):—[noun] the state of being proficient; skill; expertness; proficiency.
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.
Starts with: Pravinyate.
Full-text: Pravinyate, Pravina, Katha.
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