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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रणवpraṇava1 The sacred syllable om; आसीन्महीक्षितामाद्यः प्रणवश्छन्दसांमिव R.1.11; Ms.2.74; Ku.2.12; प्रणवः सवेदेषु…
    1. 1 The sacred syllable om; आसीन्महीक्षितामाद्यः प्रणवश्छन्दसांमिव R.1.11; Ms.2.74; Ku.2.12; प्रणवः सवेदेषु Bg.7.8; तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः, Pātañjala S.27; प्राणदः प्रणवः प्रभुः Viṣṇu Sahasranāma.
    2. A kind of musical instrument (drum or tabor).
    3. An epithet of Viṣṇu or the Supreme Being.

    In the Gita7·88·1317·2317·24

    प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥

    praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu. — I am taste in the waters, O son of Kunti, I am the light of sun and moon, I am pranava (the syllable OM) in all the Vedas, sound in ether and manhood… 7·8
    • प्रणवःpraṇavaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun praṇava (the syllable OM).
    • ओम्omthe sacred syllable om. a compound syllable made up of the letters a, u and m, used as a designation of brahman or īśvara. it is called the praṇava.
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  2. प्रणवकpraṇavakaThe Oṁkāra.

    The Oṁkāra.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्रणवpraṇava[pra-náva (or á)] m. [pronouncement: √nu] the sacred syllable om: -ka, --˚ a. id.

    [pra-náva (or á)] masculine [pronouncement: √nu] the sacred syllable om: -ka, --˚ adjective the same

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रणवpraṇavasee प्र-णु .
    1. see प्र-णु .
    2. mf. (or प्र्/अ-ण्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) the mystical or sacred syllable ओम् VS. TS. S3Br. Mn. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' also -क) etc. (631284 -त्व neuter gender Ra1matUp.)
    3. masculine gender a kind of small drum or tabor Equivalent to (and probably wrong reading for) पणन Lexicographers
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  2. उभयतःप्रणवubhayataḥpraṇavamfn. having the syllable Om ओम् at the beginning and end, Baudh.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having the syllable Om ओम् at the beginning and end, Baudh.

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  3. परप्रणवparapraṇavam. N. of 2 poets Cat.

    masculine gender Name of 2 poets catalogue or catalogues

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  4. प्रणवकल्पpraṇavakalpam. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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  5. प्रणवत्वpraṇavatvan. 131284

    neuter gender 131284

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  6. प्रणवदर्पणpraṇavadarpaṇam. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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  7. प्रणवपरिशिष्टpraṇavapariśiṣṭan. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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