प्रह्व

{ prahva }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-ह्व  n.  mf( आ)n. (√ ह्वृ) inclined forwards, sloping, slanting, bent, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c. ( -त्व n., [VP.] Sch.)

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प्र ह्व

°वाञ्जलि  mfn. bowed, stooping, bowing before ( gen.), [MBh.] ( mfn. bowing with hands joined in token of respect, [R.])
humble, modest, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
inclined towards i.e. intent upon, devoted to, engaged in [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रह्व [prahva]   a.
Sloping, slanting, inclined; प्रह्वानतीव क्वचिदु- द्धतिश्रितः [Śi.12.56.]
Stooping, bent down; bowing humbly down; एष प्रह्वोऽस्मि भगवन् एषा विज्ञापना च नः [Mv.1.] 47;6.37; तमाराध्य गुरुं भक्त्या प्रह्वप्रश्रयसेवनैः Vivekachūdāmaṇi.
Submissive, humble, modestly submitting; प्रह्वेष्वनिर्बन्धरुषो हि सन्तः [R.16.8;] प्रह्वग्रीवः पुरोवर्ती [Śiva.B.24.6;] शिवाय प्रेषयामास प्रह्वभावमुपाश्रयन् [Śiva.B.29.14.]
Devoted or attached to, engaged in, engrossed by.-Comp.
-अञ्जलि a.  a. bowing with the palms of the hand joined and put to the forehead as a mark of respect.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रह्व  mfn.  ( -ह्वः-ह्वा-ह्वं)
1. Bowed, bent, stooping.
2. Intent upon, engaged in, engrossed by.
3. Sloping, slanting, inclining.
4. Submissive, humble.
E. प्र before, ह्वेञ् to call, Unādi aff. वन्, form irr.

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प्र ह्वेञ् वन्