Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

praṇava प्रणव – Praṇava; syllable OM

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

Praṇava; syllable OM

Derived from

  1. pra प्र previx — forward; forth; onward
  2. nū नू verbal root — praise
  3. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

praṇáva ·m. ­ the sacred syllable Om (--° also praṇavaka).

Original text · English · substantive masculine

praṇavá ·m. the sacred syllable Om (--° also praṇavaka).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-ṇava, as, m. the mystical or sacred syllable Om (Manu II. 74); a small kind of drum or tabor (= paṇava).

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

praṇava pra-ṇava. See pra-ṇu, p. 610, col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

praṇava (von 2. nu mit pra) m. 1〉 die heilige Silbe om PAT._zu_P. 8,2,89. AK. 1,1,5,4. H. 250. HALĀY. 1,8. parox. VS. 19,25. oxyt. TS. 3,2,9,6. ŚAT. BR. 1,4,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,4,1,15. ŚAT. BR. 13,5,1,18. — ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 1,4,14. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 3,16,9. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 6,7,7. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 7,26,6. VS. PRĀT. 2,51. TAITT. PRĀT. 2,6. P. 8,2,89. samāptau praṇavanāvasānam ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,2. praṇavānta ĀŚV. GṚHY. 5,9. gharmaṃ śocantaṃ praṇaveṣu bibhrataḥ ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,6. CHĀND. UP. 1,5,1. MUṆḌ. UP. 2,2,4. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,13. ŚAUNAKA beim Schol. zu RAGH. 8,25. M. 2,74. M. 6,70. YĀJÑ. 1,23. BHAG. 7,8. MBH. 12,12290. RAGH. 1,11. KUMĀRAS. 2,12. īśvarasya vācakaḥ praṇavaḥ YOGAS. 1,27. ˚kalpa Verz. d. Pet. Hdschr. No. 35. sapraṇavā (gāyatrī) KULL._zu_M. 6,69. SUŚR. 1,6,19. savyāhṛtipraṇavaka adj. M. 11,248. subrahmaṇyā˚ das Wort subrahmaṇyom LĀṬY. 3,8,14. praṇavopaniṣad Ind. St. 2,394. — 2〉 eine Art Trommel, = paṇava ŚABDAR._bei_WILS. COLEBR. und LOIS._zu_AK. 1,1,7,8.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

praṇava 1〉 ˚tva WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 337; vgl. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 342.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

praṇáva und praṇavá m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 die heilige Silbe om Nom. abstr. praṇavatva n. — 2〉 *eine Art Trommel; richtig paṇava.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

praṇáva und praṇavá m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 die heilige Silbe om Nom. abstr. praṇavatva n. — 2〉 *eine Art Trommel; richtig paṇava.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

praṇavaḥ 1 The sacred syllable om.; āsanmihīkṣitāmādyaḥ praṇavaśchaṃdasāmiva R. 1. 11; Ms. 2. 74; ([Page 0731-c]) Ku. 2. 12; Bg. 7. 8. 2 A kind of musical instrument (drum or tabor). 3 An epithet of Viṣṇu or the Supreme Being.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

praṇáva u. praṇavá m. die heilige Silbe Om.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

praṇava praṇava m. (nu) louange; la syllabe mystique oṃ. Sorte de tambour. praṇavāmi (nu) sortir [? pour louer], Vd. Louer, célébrer.

Occurrences in source texts (10)

DYS 3 occurrences
DYS 87–88: Oṃ 2 occurrences

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DYS 89–93: Stages of Development 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.21*2–23*1: Utkarṣa and Apakarṣa 1 occurrence

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 1.27–29: Praṇava 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 3.41-3.48: Atemkraft und Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.61-3.67: Paricaya und Niṣpatti 1 occurrence

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SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 1.13-1.16: The Hidden Fire 2 occurrences

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 36–42: Sound and Bindu 1 occurrence

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