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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रवर्तकpravartakaa.(-र्तिका f.)
    1. (-र्तिका Feminine)
    2. Setting on foot, founding.
    3. Advancing, promoting, furthering.
    4. Producing, causing, ...... कृतिसाध्यताज्ञानं वा प्रवर्तकमिति जरन्नैयायिकाः.
    5. Prompting, urging, inducing, instigating (in a bad sense).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. An originator, founder, author.
      2. A prompter, instigator.
      3. An arbiter, umpire.

    • -कम् The entrance of a character on the stage.

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  2. अप्रवर्तकapravartakaअप्रवर्तिन् [apravartin], अप्रवर्तिन् a.
    1. अप्रवर्तिन् apravartin, अप्रवर्तिन् Adjective
    2. Not exciting or stimulating to action, inert, abstaining from action; पूर्णमप्रवर्तीति वा अहमेतमुपास इति Bṛi. Up.2.1.5.
    3. Continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रवर्तकpravartakamf(इका)n. acting, proceeding L.
    1. mf(इका)neuter gender acting, proceeding Lexicographers
    2. mf(इका)neuter gender setting in motion or action, setting on foot, advancing, promoting, forwarding Up. Mn. MBh. etc.
    3. mf(इका)neuter gender producing, causing, effecting MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. masculine gender a founder, author, originator of anything ibidem
    5. masculine gender an arbiter, judge W.
    6. neuter gender (in dramatic language) the entrance of a previously announced person on the stage (at the end of the introduction) Sa1h. Prata1p. (confer, compare प्र-वृत्तक and प्रा-वर्त)
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  2. अप्रवर्तकapravartakamf(इका)n. abstaining from action, inert
    1. mf(इका)neuter gender abstaining from action, inert
    2. mf(इका)neuter gender not exciting to action.
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  3. प्रवर्तकज्ञानpravartakajñānan. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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  4. प्रवर्तकीयpravartakīyan. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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  5. सम्प्रवर्तकsampravartakamfn. (fr. Caus.) setting in motion, promoting, furthering Ka1m.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from Causal) setting in motion, promoting, furthering Ka1m.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective producing, creating (applied to S3iva शिव) MBh.
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