The Sanskrit term Praviś can be transliterated into English as Pravis or Pravish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Praviś (प्रविश्).—6 P. To enter into; अनाहूतः प्रविशति (anāhūtaḥ praviśati) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5. 33.36; इति प्रविश्याभिहिता द्विजन्मना (iti praviśyābhihitā dvijanmanā) Kumārasambhava 5.51.

2) To enter upon, commence.

3) To appear. -Caus.

1) To admit, introduce, usher; त्वरितं प्रवेशय (tvaritaṃ praveśaya) Uttararāmacarita 1.

2) To lay or store up.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Praviś (प्रविश्):—[=pra-√viś] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -viśati, te, to enter, go into, resort to ([accusative] or [locative case]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (with agnim, agnau, madhyam agneḥ, vahnau, or citāyām, ‘to ascend the funeral pyre’; with karṇayoḥ, ‘to come into the ears id est. be heard’; with ātmani, or cittam, ‘to take possession of the heart’; in [dramatic language] ‘to enter the stage’);

—to reach, attain, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];

—to have sexual intercourse with ([accusative], applied to both sexes), [Mahābhārata; Suśruta];

—to enter upon, undertake, commence, begin, devote one’s self to ([accusative], rarely [locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa] etc. (with piṇḍīm or tarpaṇam, ‘to accept or enjoy an oblation’);

—to enter into id est. be absorbed or thrown into the shade by ([accusative]), [Harivaṃśa] (with [svāni] aṅgāni or gātrāṇi), ‘to shrink, shrivel’ [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara] :

—[Causal] -veśayati, te, to cause or allow to enter, bring or lead or introduce to, usher into ([accusative] or [locative case]), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc. (without an object, ‘to bring into one’s house etc.’, [especially] ‘to bring on the stage’);

—to lead home as a wife id est. marry, [Mahābhārata];

—to lay or store up, deposit in, put or throw into ([locative case] or [accusative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to enter id est. commit to paper, write down, [Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]];

—to initiate into ([accusative]), [Prabodha-candrodaya];

—to instil into ([locative case]) = teach, impart, [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to spend (money), [Pañcatantra];

—to enter, come or be brought into ([accusative]), [Varāha-mihira; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :

—[Desiderative] -vivikṣati, to wish to enter into ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) Prāviś (प्राविश्):—[=prā-√viś] (pra-ā-√viś) [Parasmaipada] -viśati, to come or resort to ([accusative]), [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra] :—[Causal] -veśayati, to let or lead in ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Daśakumāra-carita]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Praviś (प्रविश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pavisa.

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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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Partial matches: Vish, Pra.

Starts with (+9): Pravisha, Pravishajati, Pravishalaya, Pravisham, Pravishamayati, Pravishana, Pravishanna, Pravishanti, Pravishat, Pravishaya, Pravishirna, Pravishish, Pravishishtatara, Pravishkarana, Pravishkaroti, Pravishlesha, Pravishta, Pravishtadhi, Pravishtadiksha, Pravishtahaya.

Ends with: Abhipravish, Anupravish, Pratipravish, Sampravish.

Full-text (+10): Praveshtritva, Patikshepa, Praveshita, Madhyamaka, Praveshaka, Praveshana, Pravesha, Pravivikshu, Praveshtaka, Pratipravish, Abhipravish, Sampravesha, Pravishtakena, Praveshaniya, Praveshayitavya, Praveshtri, Pravishtadiksha, Pavisa, Pravishtahaya, Pravesha-bhagika.

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