Pranava, Praṇava, Praṇavā: 26 definitions

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Pranava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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

Praṇava (प्रणव):—(von 2. nu mit pra) m.

1) die heilige Silbe om [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 89.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 250.] [Halāyudha 1, 8.] parox. [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 25.] oxyt. [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 2, 9, 6.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 4, 1, 1. 3, 4, 1, 15. 13, 5, 1, 18.] - [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 4, 14. 3, 16, 9. 6, 7, 7. 7, 26, 6.] [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 2, 51.] [Prātiśākhya zur Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 6.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 89.] samāptau praṇavanāvasānam [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 2.] praṇavānta [5, 9.] gharmaṃ śocantaṃ praṇaveṣu bibhrataḥ [?4, 6. Chāndogyopaniṣad 1, 5, 1. Muṇḍakopaniṣad 2, 2, 4. ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 1, 13. ŚAUNAKA beim Scholiast zu Raghuvaṃśa 8, 25. Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 74. 6, 70. Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 23. Bhagavadgītā 7, 8. Mahābhārata 12, 12290. Raghuvaṃśa 1, 11. Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 12.] īśvarasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ [Yogasūtra 1, 27.] kalpa [Böhtlingk’s Verzeichniss No. 35.] sapraṇavā (gāyatrī) [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 69.] [Suśruta 1, 6, 19.] savyāhṛtipraṇavaka adj. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 248.] subrahmaṇyā das Wort subrahmaṇyom [LĀṬY. 3, 8, 14.] praṇavopaniṣad [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 394.] —

2) eine Art Trommel, = paṇava [Śabdaratnāvalī] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] [COLEBR.] und [Loiseleur Deslongchamps] zu [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 8.]

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Praṇava (प्रणव):—

1) tva [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad] [?337; vgl. 342.]

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

Praṇava (प्रणव):—und praṇava m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —

1) die heilige Silbe om Nom.abstr. praṇavatva n. —

2) *eine Art Trommel ; richtig paṇava.

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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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