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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पावकpāvakaa.Purifying; पन्थानं पावकं हित्वा जनको मौढ्यमास्थितः Mb.12.18.4.

    [पू-ण्वुल्]

    Purifying; पन्थानं पावकं हित्वा जनको मौढ्यमास्थितः Mb.12.18.4.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. Fire; पावकस्य महिमा स गण्यते कक्षवज्ज्ज्वलति सागरेऽपि यः R.11.75;3.9;16.87.
      2. Agni or the god of fire.
      3. The fire of lightning.
      4. The Chitraka tree.
      5. The number 'three'.
      6. A person purified by religious abstraction, saint, sage.
      7. Good conduct or behaviour.
      8. Name of Varuṇa.

    • -की

      1. The wife of Agni.
      2. Vedic Name of Sarasvatī.

    • -अरणिः an epithet of a plant called अग्निमन्य (Marâthî थोर ऐरण).

    • -अर्चिस् Feminine a flash of fire.

    • -अस्त्रम् a fiery weapon; प्रशान्तमेव पावकास्त्रम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.5/6.

    • -आत्मजः

      1. an epithet of Kārtikeya.
      2. Name of a sage called सुदर्शन who married the daughter of Duryodhana of the Ikṣvāku family.

    • -मणिः Masculine The Sūryakānta Maṇi.

    • -शिखः (Equivalent to अग्निशिखः) Saffron; Śiva B.3.19.

    In the Gita2·2310·2315·6

    नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।

    nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ, — Weapons cannot cleave it, nor the fire burn, nor do the waters drench it, nor the wind dry. 2·23
    • पावकःpāvakaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun pāvaka (fire, the purifier).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. पावकpāvaka[pâv-aká] a. (√pû) pure, clear; bright; purifying; m. a certain Agni; fire; Agni: -vat, a. ep. of an Agni…

    [pâv-aká] adjective (√pû) pure, clear; bright; purifying; masculine a certain Agni; fire; Agni: -vat, adjective epithet of an Agni; (á)-varna, adjective bright coloured; (a)-sokis, adjective brightly shining.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पावकpāvakamf(/आ)n. pure, clear, bright, shining RV. VS. AV. (said of Agni अग्नि, Su1rya सूर्य and other gods, of water…
    1. mf(/आ)neuter gender pure, clear, bright, shining fg-veda VS. AV. (said of Agni अग्नि, Su1rya सूर्य and other gods, of water, day and night etc.; according to native Comms. it is mostly Equivalent to सोधक, "cleansing, purifying")
    2. masculine gender Name of a particular Agni अग्नि (in the Pura1n2as पुराण s said to be a son of Agni अग्नि Abhima1nin अभिमानिन् and Sva1ha1 स्वाहा or of Antardha1na अन्तर्धान and S3ikhan2d2ini1 शिखण्डिनी) TS. TBr. Ka1tyS3r. Pur.
    3. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) fire or the god of fire Up. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. masculine gender Name of the number 3 (like all words for "fire", because fire is of three kinds see अग्नि) Su1ryas.
    5. masculine gender a kind of R2ishi ऋषि, a saint, a person purified by religious abstraction or one who purified from sin MBh.
    6. masculine gender Prenina Spinosa Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Plumbago Zeylanica or some other species Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender Semecarpus Anacardium Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender Carthamus Tinctoria Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender Embelia Ribes Lexicographers
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  2. निष्पावकniṣpāvakam. a species of pulse L.

    masculine gender a species of pulse Lexicographers

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  3. पावकवत्pāvakavatmfn. containing the word or having the name पावक
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective containing the word or having the name पावक
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Name of a particular Agni अग्नि AitBr. S3rS.
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  4. पावकवर्चस्pāvakavarcas(क्/अ-) mfn. brightly resplendent (as Agni अग्नि) RV.

    (क्/अ-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective brightly resplendent (as Agni अग्नि) fg-veda

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  5. पावकवर्णpāvakavarṇa(˚क्/अ-) mfn. of pure or brilliant aspect ib. VS. Gaut.

    (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्/अ-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective of pure or brilliant aspect ibidem VS. Gaut.

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  6. पावकशोचिस्pāvakaśocis(˚का*-) mfn. (voc. ˚चे) shining brightly RV.

    (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedका*-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (vocative case that the rest of a word is to be suppliedचे) shining brightly fg-veda

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  7. पावकसुतpāvakasutam. patr. of Su-dars3ana सु-दर्शन MBh.

    masculine gender patronymic of Su-dars3ana सु-दर्शन MBh.

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  8. पावकात्मजpāvakātmajam. patr. of Skanda स्कन्द ib.

    masculine gender patronymic of Skanda स्कन्द ibidem

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