प्रवह

See also: प्रवह् and प्रवाह

Sanskrit

Etymology

From प्रवह् (pravah, “to carry forwards”)

Adjective

प्रवह • (pravaha)

bearing along, carrying.

Noun

प्रवह • (pravaha) m

wind, air.
a reservoir into which water is carried.
flowing or streaming forth.
going forth, going from a town.

Proper noun

प्रवह • (pravaha) m

Name of one of the 7 winds said to cause the motion of the planets.
Name of one of the 7 tongues of fire.

References

Monier Williams (1899), “प्रवह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0691.

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