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Results for प्रवेण

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रवेणpraveṇaa.Pertaining to a particular goat; न कादली, न प्रियकी, न प्रवेणी, न चाविकी Rām.3.43.36 (com. प्रवेणी अज-…

Pertaining to a particular goat; न कादली, न प्रियकी, न प्रवेणी, न चाविकी Rām.3.43.36 (com. प्रवेणी अज- विशेषसंबन्धिनी).

Source: ApteApte entry
प्रवेणिpraveṇiणी [ṇī], णी f.
1. णी ṇī, णी Feminine
2. A braid of hair (in general); हेमभक्तिमतीं भूमेः प्रवेणीमिव पिप्रिये R.15.3.
3. The hair twisted and unadorned (worn by wives in the absence of their husbands).
4. The housings of an elephant.
5. A piece of coloured woollen cloth; Mb.15.27.13.
6. The current or stream (of a river).
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रवेणीpraveṇīf. a braid of hair worn by widows and by wives in the absence of their husbands R. (˚णि L.)
1. feminine a braid of hair worn by widows and by wives in the absence of their husbands R. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणि Lexicographers)
2. feminine a piece of coloured woollen cloth (used instead of a saddle) MBh. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणि Lexicographers, also "the housings of an elephant")
3. feminine Name of a river MBh.
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