प्लव a. [प्लु अच्] 1 Swimming, floating. -2 Jumping, leaping. -3 Ved. Superior, excellent. -वः Swimming, floating. -2 Flood, swelling of a river. -3 A jump, leap; going by leaps or jumps; ते रथैर्देवधिष्ण्याभैर्हयैश्च तरल- प्लवैः Bhāg.1.82.7. -4 A raft, float, canoe, small boat; नावश्चारुरुहुस्त्वन्ये प्लवैस्तेरुस्तथापरे Rām.2.89.2 (com. प्लवा वेणुतृणादिनिर्मिताः); नाशयेच्च शनैः पश्चात् प्लवं सलिलपूरवत् Pt. 2.42; सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं संतरिष्यसि Bg.4.36; Ms.4.194; 11.19; Ve.3.25. -5 A frog; हंसक्रौञ्चप्लवाकीर्णं सारसैः संप्रसादितम् Rām.3.35.18. -6 A monkey; दधि हृत्वा बक- श्चापि प्लवो मत्स्यानसंस्कृतान् Mb.13.111.99. -7 A declivity, slope. -8 An enemy. -9 A sheep. -1 A man of a low tribe, a Chāṇḍāla. -11 A net or snare for catching fish. -12 The fig-tree. -13 The Kāraṇḍava bird, a kind of duck. -14 Five or more stanzas syntactically connected (= कुलक q. v.). -15 The prolated utterance of a vowel. -16 Returning, return. -17 Urging on, inciting. -18 Sound; L. D. B. -19 A kind of aquatic bird; Ms.5.12. -2 N. of a संवत्सर. -Comp. -कुम्भः a pitcher used as a support in swimming; स्मरयौवनयोः खलु
द्वयोः प्लवकुम्भौ भवतः कुचावुभौ N.2.31. -गः 1 a monkey; स सेतुं बन्धयामास प्लवगैर्लवणाम्भसि R.12.7. -2 a frog. -3 an aquatic bird, the diver. -4 the शिरीष tree. -5 N. of the sun's charioteer. ˚इन्द्रः Hanumat; Bhāg. ˚राजः The monkey chief Sugrīva; राघवप्लवगराजयोरिव प्रेम युक्तमितरे- तराश्रयम् Ki.13.57. (-गा) the sign of the zodiac called Virqo. -गतिः a frog.
अभिप्लवः 1 Affliction, disturbance. -2 Inundation, overflowing. -3 N. of a religious ceremony performed as part of the sacrifice गवामयन. -4 N. of the Prājāpatya Āditya.
आप्लवः प्लवनम् 1 Bathing, immersing. -2 Sprinkling with water (on all sides). -Comp. -व्रतिन् or आप्लुतव्रतिन् m. a house-holder who has passed through the first order (ब्रह्मचर्य) and is admitted into the second (गार्हस्थ्य), an initiated householder; cf. स्नातक.
उत्प्लवनम् 1 Jumping or leaping up, springing upon. -2 Skimming off impure oil or ghee or any dirt floating upon a liquid by passing a blade of Kuśa grass over it.
विप्लव a. Perflexed, confused; मुमूर्षूणां हि मन्दात्मन्ननु स्युर्विप्लवा गिरः Bhāg.7.8.12. -वः 1 Floating or drifting about, floating in different directions. -2 Opposition, contrariety. -3 Confusion, perplexity. -4 Tumult, scuffle, affray; M.1. -5 Devastation, predatory warfare, danger from an enemy. -6 Extortion. -7 Loss, destruction; सत्त्वविप्लवात् R.8.41; तद्वाग्विसर्गो जनताघविप्लवः Bhāg.1.5. 11. -8 Adverseness, evil turn; अथवा मम भाग्यविल्पवात् R. 8.47. -9 The rust on a mirror (dust accumulating on its surface); अपवर्जितविप्लवे शुचौ ... मतिरादर्श इवाभिदृश्यते Ki.2.26 (where विप्लव also means प्रमाणबाधः 'absence of reasoning'). -1 Transgression, violation; गुरूपदिष्टेन रिपौ सुते$पि वा निहन्ति दण्डेन स धर्मविप्लवम् Ki.1.13. -11 An evil, a calamity. -12 Sin, wickedness, sinfulness. -13 Terrifying an enemy by shouts and gestures. -14 Divulging, making public. -15 Profanation of the Veda by unseasonable study. -16 Shipwreck.
सोपप्लव a. 1 Afflicted with any great calamity. -2 Invaded or overrun by enemies. -3 Eclipsed (as the sun or moon); ब्रह्मघोषैर्विरहितः पर्वतो$यं न शोभते । रजसा तमसा चैव सोमः सोपप्लवो यथा ॥ Mb.12.328.13.
a. [√ plu] swimming, floating; inclined or sloping, towards (--°ree;); transient; m. n. boat, skiff; m. kind of duck (Kâran dava); swimming; bathing; overflowing of a river, flood; leaping, bound: -ga, m. (moving by leaps), frog; monkey: -½indra, m. Lord of the Monkeys, ep. of Hanumat.
m. destruction, ruin, loss; disaster, calamity, catastrophe, distress, mi sery (--°ree;, =of or by); tumult, affray, revolt; violation (of a woman); -plavin, a. disap pearing; -plâvaka, -plâvin, a.spreading abroad, publishing; -plush, f. drop (= -prush).
Is the name of an aquatic bird mentioned in the list of- victims at the Aśvamedha (‘ horse sacrifice ’) in the Yajurveda Samhitās. Perhaps the ‘ pelican' is meant.
Cyclic,’ is a term applied to the Akhyana, or ‘tale,’ which is to be recited at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’), and to be repeated at intervals throughout the year. It is mentioned in the śatapatha Brāhmana and in the Sūtras.
noun (masculine) (in astrol.) plava-tva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Caṇḍāla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a flood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a frog (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of aquatic bird (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a monkey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an enemy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bathing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ficus Infectoria (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flooding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
going by leaps or plunges (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inclination (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
jumping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leaping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Sāman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
plunging (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
proclivity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
protraction of a sentence through 3 or more Ślokas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
returning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sheep (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sloping down or towards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swimming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the 35th (or 9th) year in a cycle of Jupiter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the prolated utterance of a vowel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the swelling of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
urging on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a float (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
boat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
raft (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small ship (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective floating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inclined (in astrol. applied to a constellation situated in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sloping towards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swimming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
transient (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a Caṇdāla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a frog (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a leaper (by profession) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a rope-dancer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ficus Infectoria (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of water Cyperus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
capering (one of a horse's paces) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
jumping over (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leaping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
plunging into or bathing in (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swimming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a deer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a frog
a monkey (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ficus Infectoria (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people
name of the 41st (15th) year in a sixty years" cycle of Jupiter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a religious ceremony (lasting six days and performed five times during the sacrifice Gavāmayana) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) ablution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bathing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sprinkling with water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) bathing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
immersing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sprinkling with water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) jumping or leaping up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
skimming off (impure, oil or ghee, or any dirt floating on a fluid by passing two blades of Kuśa grass over it) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
springing upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a portent or natural phenomenon (as an eclipse etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
affliction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any public calamity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
disturbance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inundation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
invasion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
misfortune (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Rāhu (who is supposed to cause eclipses) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unlucky accident (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
visitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a ship (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bathing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
boat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inundation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince (son of Sukhībala or Sukhī-vala or Sukhī-nala) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
oppression (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
restlessness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
trembling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tyranny (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective agitated (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
irresolute (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swimming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wavering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) affray (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
calamity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
confusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
damage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destruction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
disaster (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
distress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
divulging (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
evil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
evil omen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
loss (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
misery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
portent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
profanation of the Veda by unseasonable study (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
revolt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ruin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rust (on a mirror) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shipwreck (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spreading abroad (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
terrifying an enemy by shouts and gestures (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
trouble (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tumult (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
violation (of a woman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) close of (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conglomeration (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
deluge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destruction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
end (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flowing together (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
meeting or swelling (of waters) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
origin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ruin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
submersion by water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking a form or shape (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tumult (esp. of battle) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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