search `pravara' in `Apte Dic'
meanings of "pravara" [1]
a.{a-stem}
1.chief;
2.eldest
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meanings of "pravara" [2]
m.{a-stem}
1.a call;
2.a particular invocation addressed to agni by a braahmaNa at the consecration of his fire;
3.a line of ancestors;
4.a race;
5.an ancestor;
6.a muni or noble ancestor who contributes to the credit of a particular gotra or family;
7.offspring;
8.a cover;
9.an upper garment;
10.one of the 42 gotras
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meanings of "pravara" [3]
n.{a-stem}
1.aloe-wood;
2.a particular high number
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