pravftti | प्रव्फ़्त्ति | pravftti
pra-˚vftti | प्र-˚व्फ़्त्ति | f. moving onwards, advance, progress, GṛŚrS.; MBh.; Suśr.
coming forth, appearance, manifestation, ŚvetUp.; Kālid.; Rājat.
rise, source, origin, MBh.
activity, exertion, efficacy, function, Kap.; Sāṃkhyak.; MBh. &c. (in the Nyāya one of the 82 Prameyas, IW. 63)
active life (as opp. to ni-vftti | नि-व्फ़्त्ति | [q.v.] and to contemplative devotion, and defined as consisting of the wish to act, knowledge of the means, and accomplishment of the object), W.
giving or devoting one's self to, prosecution of, course or tendency towards, inclination or predilection for (loc. or comp.), Rājat.; Hit.; Sāh.
application, use, employment, Mn.; MBh.; MārkP.
conduct, behaviour, practice, Mn.; MBh. &c.
the applicability or validity of a rule, KātyŚr.; Pāṇ., Sch.
currency, continuance, prevalence, ib.
fate, lot, destiny, R.
news, tidings, intelligence of (gen. or comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
cognition (with viśaya-vatī | विशय-वती |, ‘a sensuous c˚’), Yogas.
the exudation from the temples of a rutting elephant, L. (cf. Vikr. iv, 47)
N. of Avanti or Oujein or any holy place, L.
(in arithm.) the multiplier, W. (w.r. for pra-kfti | प्र-क्फ़्ति |?)
coming forth, appearance, manifestation, ŚvetUp.; Kālid.; Rājat.
rise, source, origin, MBh.
activity, exertion, efficacy, function, Kap.; Sāṃkhyak.; MBh. &c. (in the Nyāya one of the 82 Prameyas, IW. 63)
active life (as opp. to ni-vftti | नि-व्फ़्त्ति | [q.v.] and to contemplative devotion, and defined as consisting of the wish to act, knowledge of the means, and accomplishment of the object), W.
giving or devoting one's self to, prosecution of, course or tendency towards, inclination or predilection for (loc. or comp.), Rājat.; Hit.; Sāh.
application, use, employment, Mn.; MBh.; MārkP.
conduct, behaviour, practice, Mn.; MBh. &c.
the applicability or validity of a rule, KātyŚr.; Pāṇ., Sch.
currency, continuance, prevalence, ib.
fate, lot, destiny, R.
news, tidings, intelligence of (gen. or comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
cognition (with viśaya-vatī | विशय-वती |, ‘a sensuous c˚’), Yogas.
the exudation from the temples of a rutting elephant, L. (cf. Vikr. iv, 47)
N. of Avanti or Oujein or any holy place, L.
(in arithm.) the multiplier, W. (w.r. for pra-kfti | प्र-क्फ़्ति |?)