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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for प्लव

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्लवplavaa.Swimming, floating.

    [प्लु अच्]

    1. Swimming, floating.
    2. Jumping, leaping.
    3. Vedic Superior, excellent.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -वः

      1. Swimming, floating.
      2. Flood, swelling of a river.
      3. A jump, leap; going by leaps or jumps; ते रथैर्देवधिष्ण्याभैर्हयैश्च तरल- प्लवैः Bhāg.1.82.7.
      4. A raft, float, canoe, small boat; नावश्चारुरुहुस्त्वन्ये प्लवैस्तेरुस्तथापरे Rām.2.89.2 (com. प्लवा वेणुतृणादिनिर्मिताः); नाशयेच्च शनैः पश्चात् प्लवं सलिलपूरवत् Pt. 2.42; सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं संतरिष्यसि Bg.4.36; Ms.4.194; 11.19; Ve.3.25.
      5. A frog; हंसक्रौञ्चप्लवाकीर्णं सारसैः संप्रसादितम् Rām.3.35.18.
      6. A monkey; दधि हृत्वा बक- श्चापि प्लवो मत्स्यानसंस्कृतान् Mb.13.111.99.
      7. A declivity, slope.
      8. An enemy.
      9. A sheep.
      10. A man of a low tribe, a Chāṇḍāla.
      11. A net or snare for catching fish.
      12. The fig-tree.
      13. The Kāraṇḍava bird, a kind of duck.
      14. Five or more stanzas syntactically connected (Equivalent to कुलक quod vide, which see).
      15. The prolated utterance of a vowel.
      16. Returning, return.
      17. Urging on, inciting.
      18. Sound; Latin D. B.
      19. A kind of aquatic bird; Ms.5.12.
      20. Name of a संवत्सर.

    • -कुम्भः a pitcher used as a support in swimming; स्मरयौवनयोः खलु द्वयोः प्लवकुम्भौ भवतः कुचावुभौ Name2.31.

    • -गः

      1. a monkey; स सेतुं बन्धयामास प्लवगैर्लवणाम्भसि R.12.7.
      2. a frog.
      3. an aquatic bird, the diver.
      4. the शिरीष tree.
      5. Name of the sun's charioteer. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedइन्द्रः Hanumat; Bhāg. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedराजः The monkey chief Sugrīva; राघवप्लवगराजयोरिव प्रेम युक्तमितरे- तराश्रयम् Ki.13.57. (-गा) the sign of the zodiac calledVirqo.

    • -गतिः a frog.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्लवplavaप्लवक &c. see col. 2.
    1. प्लवक etc. see column 2.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender swimming, floating S3a1n3khGr2. Sus3r.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender sloping towards, inclined Hariv. Var. Hcat. (in astrology applied to a constellation situated in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent Var. Scholiast or Commentator)
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender transient Mun2d2Up.
    5. mn. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) a float, raft, boat, small ship fg-veda etc.
    6. masculine gender a kind of aquatic bird (Equivalent to गात्र-सम्प्लव, कारण्डव, जल-वायस, जल-काक or जल-कुक्कुट Lexicographers) VS. etc.
    7. masculine gender a frog Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender a monkey Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender & sheep Lexicographers an arm Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender an enemy Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender Ficus Infectoria Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender the 35th (or 9th) year in a cycle of Jupiter VarBr2S.
    15. masculine gender swimming, bathing (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) MBh. R. Katha1s.
    16. masculine gender flooding, a flood, the swelling of a river MBh. Ma1rkP.
    17. masculine gender the prolated utterance of a vowel (Equivalent to प्लुति) Lexicographers
    18. masculine gender protraction of a sentence through 3 or more S3lokas श्लोक s (Equivalent to कुलक) Lexicographers
    19. masculine gender sloping down or towards, proclivity, inclination Lexicographers
    20. masculine gender (in astrology) Equivalent to प्लव-त्व VarBr2S. Scholiast or Commentator
    21. masculine gender a kind of metre Col.
    22. masculine gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् (also with वसिष्ठस्य) A1rshBr.
    23. masculine gender jumping, leaping, plunging, going by leaps or plunges R. (confer, compare compound below)
    24. masculine gender returning Lexicographers
    25. masculine gender urging on Lexicographers
    26. neuter gender Cyperus Rotundus or a species of fragrant grass Sus3r. [confer, compare Greek πλόος for πλοϝος, πλοῖον]
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्लवplava[plav-á] a. [√plu] swimming, floating; inclined or sloping, towards (--˚); transient; m. n. boat, skiff; m.…

    [plav-á] adjective [√plu] swimming, floating; inclined or sloping, towards (--˚); transient; masculine neuter boat, skiff; masculine kind of duck (Kâran dava); swimming; bathing; overflowing of a river, flood; leaping, bound: -ga, masculine (moving by leaps), frog; monkey: - ͜ indra, masculine Lord of the Monkeys, epithet of Hanumat.

    Source: Macdonell

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