Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

pravīṇa प्रवीण – skilled

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

pravīṇa ·a. clever, versed in, familiar with (loc or --°); abstr. °tā f.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

pravīṇa pra-vīṇa, as, ā, am [cf. vīṇā], skilful, clever, proficient, conversant with, skilled in, versed in, an adept; (as), m., N. of a son of the fourteenth Manu.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

pravīṇa (1. pra + vīṇā) 1〉 adj. f. ā geschickt, tüchtig AK. 3,1,4. AK. 3,4,8,35. H. 342. H. ś. 90. HALĀY. 2,180. KUMĀRAS. 7,48. Spr. 706. Spr. 1870. Spr. 2788. ŚUK. in LA. 39,3. sadguṇāmṛtavarṇane Spr. 3232. mit seinem loc. compon. gaṇa śauṇḍādi zu P. 2,1,40. anekaśilpādhyayana˚ KĀM. NĪTIS. 12,48. — 2〉 m. N. pr. einer der Söhne des 14ten Manu HARIV. 495. pravīra LANGL. — Vgl. prāvīṇya.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

pravīṇa — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) geschickt, tüchtig, — in (Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend). — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des 14ten Manu. pravīra v. l.

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

pravīṇa a. Clever, skilled or versed in, conversant with; āmodānatha haridaṃtarāṇi netuṃ naivānyo jagati samīraṇātpravīṇaḥ Bv. 1. 15; Ku. 7. 48.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pravīṇa geschickt, tüchtig in (Loc. o. —˚). Abstr. ˚tā f.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

pravīṇa pravīṇa a. versé dans, expérimenté.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.47-4.55*4: Nāda Binds the Mind 1 occurrence

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