Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

prabhāva प्रभाव – power; effect

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

power; effect

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

prabhāva ·m. might, majesty, superhuman strength, power over (loc.); splendour, brilliancy. -- Instr. & abl. by means or in consequence of.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-bhāva, as, m. might, power, puissance, strength, efficacy, virtue; majesty, dignity, glory, grandeur; superhuman strength or power; effect; extension, circumference; splendor, brilliance; high spirit, spirit, magnanimity; tranquillizing, concilia- tion (?); N. of a chapter of the Rasika-priyā; N. of a son of Manu Sva-rocis; prabhāveṇa, prabhā- vāt, prabhāva-tas, by or through the power of, by means of, in consequence of, through, by.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

prabhāva pra-bhāva, &c. See col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prabhāva (von bhū mit pra) m. 1〉 Macht, Majestät, übernatürliche Kraft; Kraft, Wirkung; = pratāpa, tejas, śakti, lalāma AK. 2,8,1,19. AK. 2,8,1,20. H. 740. H. an. 3,704. MED. v. 40. HALĀY. 5,69. M. 1,84. M. 7,7. N. 3,24. MBH. 3,11905. MBH. 3,12035. MBH. 13,651. MBH. 13,2808. R. 1,8,1. R. 2,23,38. RAGH. 2,41. RAGH. 2,62. RAGH. 2,71. RAGH. 3,40. KUMĀRAS. 7,36. ŚĀK. 50,5. VIKR. 30. VIKR. 72. Spr. 1799. VID. 334. KATHĀS. 17,139. KATHĀS. 37,181. KATHĀS. 45,94. KATHĀS. 49,84. KATHĀS. 49,250. kṛṣṇavarṇo virūpaśca prabhāvaḥ ko 'pi tasya tu SOM. NALA 158. BHĀG. P. 3,26,16. BHĀG. P. 8,7,41. gata˚ adj. PAÑCAT. 29,15. apratima˚ adj. BHAG. 11,43. divyaprabhāvā RĀJA-TAR. 2,11. VID. 219. KATHĀS. 48,122. saprabhāvā KATHĀS. 31,33. mahāprabhāvā PRAB. 31,6. bālasya hyaprabhāvatvāt (v. l. bālasyālpaprabhāvatvāt) Spr. 1961. dṛṣṭaprabhāvastu mayā mānupeṣveva rākṣasaḥ Macht über die Menschen HIḌ. 3,11. astrāṇāṃ ca prabhāvaṃ vai dhanuṣo gāṇḍīvasya ca ARJ. 8,24. INDR. 1,4. R. 2,23,38. SUŚR. 1,5,17. SUŚR. 1,194,19. SUŚR. 1,195,1. maṇeḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 83,6. Spr. 2706. MĀRK. P. 116,51. dhanasya Spr. 1811. bījaprabhāveṇa M. 10,72. tapobījaprabhāvaiḥ M. 42. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 53,15. kena śaktiprabhāveṇa rājyaṃ rakṣitumutsahe R. 2,73,12. vidyādharīvidyāprabhāveṇa VID. 159. tatprayogaprabhāveṇa KATHĀS. 37,74. KATHĀS. 42,102. SĀH. D. 26,11. tapaḥprabhāvātpratyakṣaṃ sarvameva tatrabhavataḥ ŚĀK. 112,8. Spr. 1746. Spr. 2915. HIT. 40,19. KATHĀS. 42,118. KATHĀS. 45,158. KATHĀS. 46,241. pallavabhakṣaṇaprabhāvāt PAÑCAT. 228,20. durgaprabhāvataḥ Spr. 1363. RAGH. 11,9. KATHĀS. 40,106. KATHĀS. 41,13. prabhāveṇa, prabhāvāt und prabhāvatas lassen sich oft durch mittels, in Folge von, durch übersetzen. Die Macht eines Baumes ist sein Umfang RAGH. 12,21. Die Bed. Pracht hat das Wort MBH. 13,3499 (ruciraprabhāvā sabhā). R. GORR. 1,38,30 liest prabhāva st. prabhava der anderen Recension (GORR. 1,37,28). nach MED. bedeutet das Wort auch śānti, welches aber vielleicht nur ein Fehler für śakti ist. — 2〉 Bez. der Kapitel in der Rasikapriyā Verz. d. B. H. No. 1377. — 3〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Manu Svarocis MĀRK. P. 66,5. fg. — Vgl. niṣprabhāva.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prabhāva m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Macht, Majestät, übernatürliche Kraft (RAGH. 12,21); Kraft, Wirkung, Macht über (Loc.) prabhāveṇa, prabhāvāt und prabhāvatas lassen sich oft durch mittels, in Folge von, durch wiedergeben. — 2〉 Pracht. — 3〉 = *śānti. — 4〉 Bez. der Kapitel in der Rasikapriyā. — 5〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Manu Svarocis. — Chr. 223,13 fehlerhaft für prabhavaḥ; vgl. Comm. zu P. 1,4,37.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

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prabhāvaḥ 1 Lustre, splendour, brilliance. 2 Dignity, glory, majesty grandeur, majestic lustre; prabhāvavāniva lakṣyate Ś. 1. 3 Strength, valour, power, efficacy; Pt. 1. 7. 4 Regal power (one of the three Śaktis q. v.). 5 A superhuman power or faculty, miraculous power; R. 2. 41, R. 2. 62; R. 3. 40, V. 1, V. 2, V. 5. 6 Magnanimity. 7 Extension, circumference. Comp. — ja a. proceeding from majesty or regal power.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

prabhāva m. Macht, Kraft, Pracht. Instr., Abl. u. ˚tas mittels, durch.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

prabhāva prabhāva m. (bhū) puissance, autorité, majesté. Action de calmer, de réconcilier.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

HP 4 occurrences
HP 1.4-1.10: Lineage of Siddhas 1 occurrence

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HP 1.44-1.49: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.24-2.29: Dhauti and Basti 2 occurrences

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 6.18–6.23: Refuge and Transmission 1 occurrence

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