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प्र-वर mfn. 1.mf(आ)n. ( fr. प्र + वर or fr. प्र √ 2.वृ; for 2. and 3. See p.693) most excellent, chief, principal, best, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. eldest (son), [MBh.] better than ( abl. ), [BhP.] सम greater ( opp. to , ‘equal’, and न्यून, ‘smaller’), [Var.] ( ifc. ) eminent, distinguished by, [Hariv.] प्र-वर m. m. a black variety of Phaseolus Mungo, [L.] Opuntia Dillenii, [L.] N. of a messenger of the gods and friend of इन्द्र, [Hariv.] of a दानव, ib.प्र-वर n. n. aloe wood, [Bhpr.] a partic. high number, [Buddh.] प्र-वर m. 2.m. (for 1. See p.690) a cover, [ŚBr.] ( [Sāy.] प्र-वार; cf. [Pāṇ. 3-3, 54] ) an upper garment, [Var. 1.] प्र-वर m. 3.m. a call, summons ( esp. of a Brāhman to priestly functions), [AitBr.] an invocation of अग्नि at the beginning of a sacrifice, a series of ancestors (so called because अग्नि is invited to bear the oblations to the gods as he did for the sacrificer's progenitors, the names of the 4 10 5 most nearly connected with the ancient ऋषिs being then added), [Br.] ; [ŚrS.] a family, race, [L.] f. an ancestor, KātyŚr. Sch. ( f(ई). , [Pat.] )
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