प्लवन

{ plavana }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्लवन  mfn.  mf( आ)n. inclined, stooping down towards ( cf. प्राग्-उदक्-प्ल्°)
प्लवन  m.  m. a monkey, [L.]
प्लवन  n.  n. swimming, plunging into or bathing in ( comp.), [MBh.]; [Gīt.]; [Rājat.]; [Suśr.]
flying, [MBh.]; [R.]
leaping, jumping over ( comp.), [R.]
capering (one of a horse's paces), [Sāṃkhyak.] Sch.
a kind of water Cyperus, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्लवन [plavana]   [प्लु-ल्युट्] a. Inclined, stooping down; प्रागुदक्- प्लवनां भूमिं कारयेत् यत्नतो नरः [Matsya. P.]
नम् Swimming.
Bathing, plunging into; आनन्दमन्दममृतप्लवना- दिवाभूत् [Māl.1.19.]
Flying.
Jumping, leaping.
A great flood, deluge.
A declivity.
One of a horse's paces (capering).

Shabda-Sagara

प्लवन  n.  ( -नं)
1. Jumping, leaping.
2. A deluge, an inundation.
3. Swimming, plunging into.
E. प्लु to go, ल्युट् aff.

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प्लु ल्युट्