प्रवह

{ pravahḥ, pravaha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PRAVAHA   A vāyu (wind). This wind of life in the body always moves upwards. [Śloka 21, Chapter 301, Śānti Parva] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-°वह  mfn.  mf( आ)n. bearing along, carrying ( ifc.), [MBh.]; [R.]

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प्र °वह

प्र-°वह  m.  m. N. of one of the 7 winds said to cause the motion of the planets, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. ( cf. [IW. 179])

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प्र °वह

   wind, air, [L.]
    N. of one of the 7 tongues of fire, [Col.]
   a reservoir into which water is carried, [Yājñ.]
-वाक   flowing or streaming forth, [L.] ( cf.)

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वाक

   going forth, g° from a town, [W.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रवहः [pravahḥ]   1 Flowing or streaming forth.
   Wind.
  N. N. of one of the seven courses of wind (said to cause the motion of the planets); प्राणापानौ समानं च व्यानोदानौ च तत्त्वतः । अंधश्चैवानिलं ज्ञात्वा प्रवहं चानिलं पुनः ॥ सप्त वातांस्तथा ज्ञात्वा [Mb.12.31.27-28;] एकः पिपासुः प्रवहानिलस्य [N.22.77.]
   A reservoir into which water is carried off.
   Going forth, going from a town.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रवह  m.  ( -हः)
   1. Going forth, or from a town.
   2. Streaming forth.
   3. One of the seven Vāyus, or courses of the wind which is said to cause the motion of the planets.
   4. Wind, air.
    E. प्र before, वह् to bear, aff. अच् .

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प्र वह् अच् .