n. the act of sprinkling clarified butter or other fluids on the sacrificial fire (with two blades of kuśa- grass, the ends of which are held in either hand and the centre dipped into the liquid)
पवन a. Clean, pure; महतां पदपद्मजं परागं पवनानां पवनं ह्युपादिशन्ति Rām. Ch.2.3. -नः [पू-ल्यु] 1 Air, wind; सर्पाः पिबन्ति पवनं न च दुर्बलास्ते Subhāṣ; Bg.1.31; पवनपदवी, पवनसुतः &c.; The vital air, breath. -2 N. of Viṣṇu. -3 A householder's sacred fire. -4 A purifier (wind); परितो दुरितानि यः पुनीते शिव तस्मै पवनात्मने नमस्ते Ki.18.37. -5 N. of the number five (from the 5 vital airs). -नम् 1 Purification. -2 Winnowing. -3 A sieve, strainer. -4 Water. -5 A potter's kiln (m. also). -नी A broom. -Comp. -अशनः, -भुज् m. a serpent. -आत्मजः 1 an epithet of Hanumat. -2 of Bhīma. -3 fire. -आशः a serpent, snake. ˚नाशः 1 an epithet of Garuḍa. -2 a peacock. -चक्रम् Whirl-wind. -जः, -तनयः, -भूः, -सुतः 1 epithets of Hanumat; संक्षोभं पवनभुवा जवेन नीताः Śi.4.59. -2 of Bhīma. -पदवी The sky, air; त्वामारूढं पवनपदवीम् (प्रेक्षिष्यन्ते पथिकवनिताः) Me.8. -वाहनः fire. -विजयः a kind of book dealing with omens relating to breath exhaled and inhaled. -व्याधिः 1 an epithet of Uddhava, a friend and counsellor of Kṛiṣṇa. -2 rheumatism.
उत्पवनम् 1 Cleansing, purifying; द्रव्याणां च्चै व सर्वेषां शुद्धिरुत्पवनं स्मृतम् Ms.5.115. -2 Straining liquids for
domestic or religious purposes. -3 Any instrument for cleansing. -4 Sprinkling ghee (or other fluids) on the sacrificial fire with two blades of Kuśa grass, the ends of which are held in either hand and the centre dipped into the liquid; अप्रच्छिन्नाग्रावनन्तर्गर्भौ प्रादेश- मात्रौ कुशौ नानान्तयोर्गृहीत्वा अङ्गुष्ठोपकनिष्ठिकाभ्यामुत्तानाभ्यां प्रागुत्पु- नाति सकृन्मन्त्रेण द्विस्तूष्णीम् Āśval.
उपवनम् [उपमितं वनेन] A garden, grave, a planted forest; पाण्डुच्छायोपवनवृतयः केतकैः सूचिभिन्नैः Me.23; R.8.73. 13.79; ˚लता a garden creeper. -Comp. -विनोदः N. of a work on gardening.
m. (purifier), wind, breeze, air; god of wind; vital air; breath; domestic (sacred) fire; n. instrument for purifying, winnowing-fan; whisk; sieve, strainer; potter's kiln; -kshipta, pp. tempest-tossed; -gava, m. (swift as the wind), N. of a horse; -tanaya, m. son of the wind, ep. of Hanu mat and of Bhîmasena; -½âghâta, m. gust of wind; -½âtmaga, m. son of the wind, fire; ep. of Bhîmasena.
(‘purifier’) in the Atharvaveda denotes an instrument for purifying grain from husks, etc.; either a sieve ’ or a ‘winnowing basket’ may be meant. In the Sūtras it is mentioned as used for cleaning the bones of the dead after cremation.
Descendant of Gopavana ’) is mentioned as a pupil of Pautimāsya in the first two Vamśas (lists of teachers) in the Kānva recension of the Brhadāranyaka Upanisad
noun (masculine) a householder's sacred fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
air (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
breath (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
breeze (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a country in Bharatakṣetra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Manu Uttama (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the number 5 (from the 5 vital airs) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the regent of the Nakṣatra Svāti and the north-west region (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vital air (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wind or the god of wind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of vrata
a potter's kiln (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
purification (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
winnowing of corn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) an instrument for purifying grain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
blowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sieve (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strainer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) any implement for cleaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cleaning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cleansing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
straining liquids for domestic or religious uses (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of sprinkling clarified butter or other fluids on the sacrificial fire (with two blades of Kuśa grass) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a planted forest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a small forest or wood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
garden (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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