search `pavitra' in `Apte Dic'

meanings of "pavitra" [1]

a.{a-stem}

1.sacred (persons or things);

2.purified by the performance of ceremonial acts (such as sacrifices &c.);

4.purifying

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meanings of "pavitra" [2]

n.{a-stem}

1.an instrument for cleansing or purifying, such as a sieve or strainer &c.;

2.two blades of kuza grass used at sacrifices in purifying and sprinkling ghee;

3.a ring of kuza grass worn on the fourth finger on certain religious occasions;

4.the sacred thread worn by members of the first three castes of the Hindus;

5.copper;

6.ruin;

7.water;

8.rubbing;

9.a vessel in which the arghya is presented;

10.clarified butter;

11.honey;

12.a purifying prayer;

13.a means of purifying the mind;

14.a cloth for straining soma juice

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