Paravant: 4 definitions

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Paravant means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Paravant (परवन्त्):—(von para) adj. von einem Andern abhängig, zu gehorchen, zu dienen bereit [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 16.] [Halāyudha 2, 186.] [Śākuntala 53. 26, 7.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 56. 8, 80.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 35, 5.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13131.] paravantau svo brūhi kiṃ karavāvahe so v. a. wir stehen zu deinen Diensten [?13, 2731. 14, 799. Mālavikāgnimitra 74, 11. MĀRK.Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 21, 60.] abhängig durch, von, mit dem instr.: agrajena bhrātrā yaditthaṃ paravānasi tvam [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 59.] mit dem gen. [Mahābhārata 15, 109.] Jmd zu dienen bereit, mit dem loc. [1, 7549. 13, 1430. 2733.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 21, 17. 5, 64, 16.] adharma in der Gewalt des Unrechts stehend, ganz dem Unrecht ergeben [45, 17.]

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Paravant (परवन्त्):—in der Gewalt eines Andern (instr.) stehend, nicht Herr seiner selbst in Folge von: ānandanimīlitendriyaḥ sādhvasena paravānasmi [UTTARARĀMAC. 62, 10. fg. (80, 10. fg.]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Paravant (परवन्त्):—Adj. von einem Andern abhängig , zu gehorchen — , zu dienen bereit , — Jmd (Loc.) , abhängig von (Instr. oder Gen.). ganz in der Gewalt von Etwas (im Comp. vorangehend) stehend , einer Sache ganz ergeben.

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Parāvant (परावन्त्):—Adj. voller Seligkeit (Welten) [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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