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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