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Apte Dictionary

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

    [प्लु-ल्युट्] Adjective Inclined, stooping down; प्रागुदक्- प्लवनां भूमिं कारयेत् यत्नतो नरः Matsya. Parasmaipada

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    • -नम्

      1. Swimming.
      2. Bathing, plunging into; आनन्दमन्दममृतप्लवना- दिवाभूत् Māl.1.19.
      3. Flying.
      4. Jumping, leaping.
      5. A great flood, deluge.
      6. A declivity.
      7. One of a horse's paces (capering).
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  2. उत्प्लवनम्utplavanam1 Jumping or leaping up, springing upon.
    1. 1 Jumping or leaping up, springing upon.
    2. Skimming off impure oil or ghee or any dirt floating upon a liquid by passing a blade of Kuśa grass over it.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्लवनplavana[plav-ana] a. inclined or sloping to wards (--˚); n. swimming; bathing, in (--˚); flying; leaping, over (--˚)…

    [plav-ana] adjective inclined or sloping to wards (--˚); neuter swimming; bathing, in (--˚); flying; leaping, over (--˚); trotting (of horses).

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  2. उत्प्लवनutplavana[ut-plavana] n. leaping; overflowing.

    [ut-plavana] neuter leaping; overflowing.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्लवनplavanamf(आ)n. inclined, stooping down towards (cf. प्राग्-उदक्-प्ल्˚)
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender inclined, stooping down towards (confer, compare प्राग्-उदक्-प्ल्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    2. masculine gender a monkey Lexicographers
    3. neuter gender swimming, plunging into or bathing in (compound) MBh. Gi1t. Ra1jat. Sus3r.
    4. neuter gender flying MBh. R.
    5. neuter gender leaping, jumping over (compound) R.
    6. neuter gender capering (one of a horse's paces) Sa1m2khyak. Scholiast or Commentator
    7. neuter gender a kind of water Cyperus Lexicographers
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  2. अमृतप्लवनamṛtaplavanan. a stream or flow of n˚ectar, Ma1lati1m.

    neuter gender a stream or flow of n˚ectar, Ma1lati1m.

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  3. आप्लवनāplavanan. immersing, bathing Ka1tyS3r. BhP. MBh.
    1. neuter gender immersing, bathing Ka1tyS3r. BhP. MBh.
    2. neuter gender sprinkling with water Lexicographers
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  4. उत्प्लवनutplavanan. jumping or leaping up, springing upon BhP.
    1. neuter gender jumping or leaping up, springing upon BhP.
    2. neuter gender skimming off (impure, oil or ghee, or any dirt floating on a fluid by passing two blades of Kus3a कुश grass over it Kull.) Mn. v, 115.
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  5. कुशप्लवनkuśaplavanan. N. of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ ib. MBh. iii, 8179.

    neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ ibidem MBh. iii, 8179.

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  6. पारिप्लवनेत्रpāriplavanetra(Ragh.) mfn. having tremulous or swimming eyes

    (Ragh.) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having tremulous or swimming eyes

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