Plavana, Plāvana, Plavaga: 16 definitions

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Plavana has 15 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Plavan.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Plavana (प्लवन):—(von plu) n.

1) das Schwimmen [DHĀTUP. 22, 73.] [Suśruta 1, 79, 18. 98, 11. 244, 8.] śilānām [Mahābhārata 8, 2620.] gaṅgāmbhaḥ das Baden in [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 302.] prāleya [Gītagovinda 1, 47.] —

2) das Springen [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 4, 75. 4, 40, 32] (neben plava). [5, 3, 46. 57, 2.] sāgara über das Meer [1, 25. 33.] von einem best. Gange der Pferde: laṅghanaplavanadhāvanasamarthairaśvaiḥ [GAUḌAP.] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 17.] das Fliegen [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 62, 6.] —

3) = pravaṇa (das wohl auf pru zurückzuführen ist) abschüssige Lage, Neigung, proclivitas, oder adj. geneigt: prāgudakplavana adj. nach Nordost geneigt [Mahābhārata 12, 1454.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 49, 44.] prāgudakplavanā (bhūmi) [Matsyapurāṇa im Tithyāditattva] [Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. plava 2,s. — Vgl. kuśa .

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Plāvana (प्लावन):—(vom caus. von plu) n.

1) das Baden, Abwaschen: salilena [Mahābhārata 3, 9962.] —

2) das Vollgiessen bis zum Ueberfliessen (als Reinigungsmittel von Flüssigkeiten) [ŚUDDHIT. im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. jala .

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

Plavana (प्लवन):——

1) Adj. (f. ā) am Ende eines Comp. geneigt — , abschüssig nach.

2) *m. Affe [Rājan 19,48.] —

3) n. — a) das Schwimmen. — b) das Baden , in (im Comp. vorangehend). — c) das Fliegen [81,25.] — d) das Springen , — über (im Comp. vorangehend). — e) ein best. Gang der Pferde.

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Plāvana (प्लावन):—n.

1) das Baden , Abwaschen.

2) das Vollgiessen bis zum Ueberfliessen (als Reinigungsmittel von Flüssigkeiten). —

3) das gezogene Aussprechen eines Vocals [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra]

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