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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for प्रवर्तक

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रवर्तकpravartakaa.(-र्तिका f.)
    1. (-र्तिका Feminine)
    2. Setting on foot, founding.
    3. Advancing, promoting, furthering.
    4. Producing, causing, ...... कृतिसाध्यताज्ञानं वा प्रवर्तकमिति जरन्नैयायिकाः.
    5. Prompting, urging, inducing, instigating (in a bad sense).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. An originator, founder, author.
      2. A prompter, instigator.
      3. An arbiter, umpire.

    • -कम् The entrance of a character on the stage.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रवर्तकpravartakamf(इका)n. acting, proceeding L.
    1. mf(इका)neuter gender acting, proceeding Lexicographers
    2. mf(इका)neuter gender setting in motion or action, setting on foot, advancing, promoting, forwarding Up. Mn. MBh. etc.
    3. mf(इका)neuter gender producing, causing, effecting MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. masculine gender a founder, author, originator of anything ibidem
    5. masculine gender an arbiter, judge W.
    6. neuter gender (in dramatic language) the entrance of a previously announced person on the stage (at the end of the introduction) Sa1h. Prata1p. (confer, compare प्र-वृत्तक and प्रा-वर्त)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · प्रवर्तक

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