प्रवरpravaraAloe-wood
Derived forms and compounds
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-रम्
- Aloe-wood
- A particular high number; Buddh.
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-कल्याण Adjective eminently beautiful.
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-जनः a person of quality.
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-धातुः precious metal.
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-ललितम् Name of a metre with each line of sixteen syllables; V. Ratna. See appendix.
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-वाहनौ (Dual) an epithet of the two Aśvins.
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प्रवर pravara, Adjective
- Chief, principal, most excellent or distinguished, best, exalted; भीष्मः कुरूणां प्रवरः Mb. 3.85.116; संकेतके चिरयति प्रवरो विनोदः MK.3.3; Ms. 1.27; Ghaṭ.16.
- Eldest.
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-रः
- A call, summons.
- A particular invocation addressed to Agni by a Brāhmaṇa at the consecration of his fire.
- A line of ancestors.
- A race, family, lineage.
- An ancestor.
- A Muni or noble ancestor who contributes to the credit of a particular gotra or family; said to be the friend of Indra; पुरश्चकार प्रवरं वरं यमायन् सखायं ददर्श तया सः Name14.62; Compare पञ्चdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, त्रिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
- Offspring, descendants.
- A cover, covering.
- An upper garment.
- One of the 42 Gotras.
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-रा Name of a river falling into the Godāvarī.