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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Pravepana (प्रवेपन).—A serpent of the family of Takṣaka. This serpent was burnt to death at the Sarpasatra of Janamejaya. (Śloka 9, Chapter 57, Ādi Parva).

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Pravepana (प्रवेपन) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.52.8, I.57) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Pravepana) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Pravepana (प्रवेपन):—Tremor

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pravepana (प्रवेपन).—Trembling, quivering, shaking, tremour.

Derivable forms: pravepanam (प्रवेपनम्).

See also (synonyms): pravepa, pravepaka, pravepathu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pravepaṇa (प्रवेपण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Shaking, agitation, tremulous motion. E. pra before, vepṛ to tremble, lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pravepana (प्रवेपन).—[pra-vep + ana], n. Shaking, trembling.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pravepana (प्रवेपन):—[=pra-vepana] [from pra-vep] m. Name of a serpent-demon, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] n. trembling, shuddering, tremulous motion, agitation, [Caraka; Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]; Vopadeva] ([wrong reading] vepaṇa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pravepaṇa (प्रवेपण):—[pra-vepaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Agitation.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pravepana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vepana, Pra.

Full-text: Pravepa, Pravepathu, Pravepanin, Pravepaka.

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