The Sanskrit terms Pravṛ and Prāvṛ can be transliterated into English as Pravr or Pravri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravṛ (प्रवृ).—5 U.

1) To cover, envelop; प्रावारिषुरिव क्षोणीं क्षिप्ता वृक्षाः समन्ततः (prāvāriṣuriva kṣoṇīṃ kṣiptā vṛkṣāḥ samantataḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.25.

2) To wear, put on.

3) To choose, select.

4) To keep or ward off (Ved.).

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Prāvṛ (प्रावृ).—5 U.

1) To put on, dress or clothe oneself in.

2) To surround, encompass, enclose.

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

Prāvṛ (प्रावृ).—cover, veil; put on, don; fill.

Prāvṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prā and vṛ (वृ).

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

1) Pravṛ (प्रवृ):—[=pra-vṛ] a. pra-√1. vṛ [Parasmaipada] -vṛṇoti, to ward off, keep away, [Ṛg-veda] :—[Causal] -vārayati idem, [Mahābhārata]

2) [=pra-vṛ] b. pra-√2. vṛ [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -vṛṇāti, ([Vedic or Veda]) -vṛṇite -vṛṇoti, -vṛṇute (3. sg. [Aorist] [subjunctive] -vṛta, [Ṛg-veda]), to choose out, choose as ([accusative]) or for ([dative case]), [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

2) —to accept gladly, [Ṛg-veda ix, 101, 13] :

2) —[Causal] -varayati, to choose, select, [Mahābhārata];

2) — -vārayati, to please, gratify, [Rāmāyaṇa] (For pravara 1 mfn. best, etc. See p. 690, [column]3.)

3) Prāvṛ (प्रावृ):—[=prā-√vṛ] 1. √(prā [probably] for pra; cf. apā-√vṛ) [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -vṛṇoti, -vṛṇute ([infinitive mood] -varitum, [Mṛcchakaṭikā]),

—to cover, veil, conceal, [Atharva-veda; Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Āpastamba];

—to put on, dress one’s self in ([accusative], rarely [instrumental case]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to fill, [Mahābhārata]

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

Prāvṛ (प्रावृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paṃgura, Pāuṇa.

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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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