प्रभव

{ prabhava }

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

प्रभव n.  एक देव, जो भृगु तथा पौलोमी के पुत्रों में से एक था ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   prabhava m S Might, majesty, greatness, gloriousness, superlative or exceeding dignity or grandeur. 2 The originating cause of being,--the operative cause. 3 The basis or root of being,--the generative cause. 4 The local source of being,--the place; as भागीरथीचा प्र0 हिमालय. 5 Drawing or coming into being, birth.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  Might, majesty. The originating cause of being. Birth.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-भव    a &c. See under प्र-√ भू.

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प्र-भव  mfn.  b mfn. prominent, excelling, distinguished, [RV.]

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प्र-भव  f.  m. production, source, origin, cause of existence (as father or mother, also ‘the Creator’), birthplace (often ifc., with f( आ)., springing or rising or derived from, belonging to), [Up.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

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प्र-भव  m.  m. might, power (= प्र-भाव), [L.]

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    N. of a साध्य, [Hariv.]
   of विष्णु, [A.]
   of sev. men, [HPariś.]
    N. of the first or 35th year in a 60 years' cycle of Jupiter, [Var.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रभव [prabhava]   a.
   Excellent, distinguished.
   Superior, powerful.
   वः Source, origin; अनन्तरत्नप्रभवस्य यस्य [Ku. 1.3;] अकिंचनः सन् प्रभवः स संपदाम् 5.77; [R.9.75.]
   Birth, production.
   The source of a river; तस्या एवं प्रभवमचलं प्राप्य गौरं तुषारैः [Me.54.]
   The operative cause, origin of being (as father, mother &c.); तमस्याः प्रभवमवगच्छ [Ś.1.]
   The author, creator; अतश्चराचरं विश्वं प्रभवस्तस्य गीयसे [Ku.2.5.]
   Birthplace.
   Power, strength, valour, majestic dignity (= प्रभाव q. v.).
   An epithet of Viṣṇu.
   Prosperity, happiness; प्रभवार्थाय भूतानां धर्म- प्रवचनं कृतम् [Mb.12.19.1.]
   (At the end of comp.) Arising or originating from, derived from; सूर्यप्रभवो वंशः [R.1.2;] [Ku.3.15;] यथा नदीनां प्रभवः (meeting place) समुद्रः, यथाहुतीनां प्रभवो (growth) हुताशः । यथेन्द्रियाणां प्रभवं (one having mastery over) मनोऽपि तथा प्रभुर्नो भगवानुपेन्द्रः [Madhyama-vyāyoga 1.51.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्रभव  mfn.  ( -वः-वा-वं)
   1. Born, produced.
   2. Superior, powerful.
  m.  ( -वः)
   1. Generative cause, the basis or root of being or existence.
   2. The operative cause, or immediate origin of being, as the father or mother, &c.
   3. The place of receiving existence, or where an object is first perceived, as हिमवान् गङ्गाप्रभवः the Himavāna moun- tain, (is) the place where Gangā is first seen.
   4. Birth, production. 5. The basis or origin of water. i. e. “Light.”
   6. The name of a Muni.
   7. Strength, superiority, power.
   8. The Creator.
    E. प्र supe- riority or manifestation, and भव being.

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संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : जात