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prabhava प्रभव – source

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

prabhavá ·a. excelling; m. origin, source, home, a. --° sprung or descended from, being in or on.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-bhava, as, m. production, birth; origin, source, cause of existence; generative cause, the basis or root of being or existence; the operative cause or immediate origin of being, as the father or mother, &c.; the place of receiving existence or that where an object is first perceived, birthplace; the source of a river [cf. Yamunā-p˚]; the Creator; strength, might, superiority, power, majesty (= pra-bhāva); N. of a Sādhya; N. of the first or thirty-fifth year in a sixty years’ cycle of Jupiter; (as, ā, am), be- coming prominent, prominent, excelling, excellent, eminent, distinguished; superior, powerful; (at the end of a comp.) springing or originating from, rising from, derived from, belonging to; born, pro- duced.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

prabhava pra-bhava, &c. See under pra-bhū.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

prabhavá (von bhū mit pra) 1〉 adj. sich hervorthuend: pra̱bha̱vaḥ śokò a̱gneḥ ṚV. 2,38,5. nāsikāprabhavau babhūvaturiti nāsatyau durch die Nase ausgezeichnet NIR. 6,13. — 2〉 m. a〉 Entstehung, Ursprung, Quelle, Ausgangspunkt, Ursache der Entstehung, Geburtsstätte P. 3,3,24, Sch. = janman ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. = janmahetu und sthānamādyopalabdhaye AK. 3,4,27,212. = janmakāraṇa, ādyopalabdhasusthāna (!) und apāṃ mūlam H. an. 3,702. fg. = janmamūla, janmahetu und jñānasya ādimasthānam MED. v. 41. prabhavābhavakovida R. 2,106,6. gandhasya HARIV. 7060. utpātānām VARĀH. BṚH. S. 45,82. P. 1,4,31. gaṅgāyāḥ R. 1,37,27. yamunā˚ Quelle MBH. 3,8022. MBH. 3,8024. MBH. 3,8151. yo devānāṃ prabhavaścodbhavaśca ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3,4. (te) prabhavaṃ prabhuṃ ca DRAUP. 2,5. MEGH. 53. lokānāṃ prabhavastu saḥ so v. a. Schöpfer MBH. 1,2598. MBH. 1,2499. MBH. 3,13556. tathā narendro rāṣṭrasya prabhavaḥ satyadharmayoḥ R. 2,67,29. MĀLAV. 92. KUMĀRAS. 2,5. KUMĀRAS. 2,12. KUMĀRAS. 5,77. KUMĀRAS. 6,70. KUMĀRAS. 7,36. ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā BHAG. 7,6. VOP. 5,1. Ind. St. 1,113,3 v. u. Gegens. apyaya KAṬHOP. 6,11. MBH. 1,2517. MBH. 2,1214. MBH. 12,9211 (an den beiden letzten Stellen ist apyaya st. avyaya zu lesen). Häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): vadarīprabhavā (nadī) entspringend aus MBH. 3,10902. HARIV. 8129. SUŚR. 1,172,6. MĀRK. P. 57,29. ikṣvākuvaṃśa˚ R. 1,1,10. M. 5,1. RAGH. 1,2. sat˚ NIR. 3,13. M. 5,5. M. 5,6. M. 5,97. M. 6,64. M. 6,87. M. 8,270. BHAG. 18,41. R. 2,59,31. RAGH. 14,8. KUMĀRAS. 3,15. KUMĀRAS. 3,73. Spr. 2735. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,20. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 34,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 89,2. KATHĀS. 49,250. AK. 2,8,1,30. ŚIŚ. 9,42. himavatprabhave śṛṅge so v. a. auf dem Him. befindlich R. 1,37,27 (R. 1,38,30 GORR.); nach dem Schol. N. pr. virati˚ in der Pause stehend ŚRUT. 28. Vgl. antara˚, naktaṃ˚. — b〉 Macht (vgl. prabhāva) MED. — c〉 N. pr. eines Sādhya HARIV. 11535. eines Muni H. an. — d〉 Bez. des 1ten (35sten) Jahres im 60 jährigen Jupiter-Cyclus VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8,27. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8,28. Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,180.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prabhava 2〉d〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 331,b,7 v. u.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

prabhavá — 1〉 Adj. sich hervorthuend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Entstehung, Ursprung, Quelle, Ausgangspunct, Ursache der Entstehung, Geburtstätte, Herkunft. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) so v. a. entspringend aus, stammend aus, von befindlich in, auf. — b〉 *Macht. — c〉 das 1ste oder 35ste Jahr [Page4-161-b] im 60jährigen Jupitercyclus. — d〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Sādhya. — β〉 verschiedener Männer HEM. PAR. 2,167. 5,1.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prabhava IV. 2〉a〉 n. R. ed. Bomb. 4,48,15. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

prabhava a. 1 Excellent, distinguished. 2 Superior, powerful. — vaḥ 1 Source, origin; anaṃtaratnaprabhavasya yasya Ku. 1. 3; akiṃcanaḥ san prabhavaḥ sa saṃpadāṃ Ku. 5. 77; R. 9. 75. 2 Birth, production. 3 The source of a river; tasyā evaṃ prabhavamacalaṃ prāpya gauraṃ tuṣāraiḥ Me. 52. 4 The operative cause, origin of being (as father, mother &c.); tamasyāḥ prabhavamavagaccha Ś. 1. 5 The author, creator; Ku. 2. 5. 6 Birthplace. 7 Power, strength, valour, majestic dignity (= prabhāba q. v.). 8 An epithet of Viṣṇu. 9 (At the end of comp.) Arising or originating from, derived from; sūryaprabhavo vaṃśaḥ R. 1. 2; Ku. 3. 15.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prabhavá hervorragend. m. Entstehung, Ursprung, Herkunft; adj. —˚ herkommend, stammend von.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

prabhava prabhava m. (bhū) production, naissance: prabhavas pralayaś ca jagatas la production et la dissolution de l'univers; nativité, moment ou lieu de la naissance; lignée, famille. Pouvoir, dignité, excellence d'une pers. prabhavāmi (bhū) se produire, tirer son origine de, ab. naître, venir au jour. Prendre de la force, devenir puissant; avoir de la force; prévaloir sur, d. Etre en abondance. prabhaviṣṇu a. (sfx. snu) puissant, auguste, distingué, considérable. prabhaviṣṇutā f. excellence, autorité, supériorité d'une personne auguste.

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MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp 3-7: Four modes of awareness 1 occurrence

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SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 3.1-3.4: The One Rudra 1 occurrence

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SVU 4.11-4.16: The Hidden Creator 1 occurrence

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