As a deity name
Name 800 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 832 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 291 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
पवन · noun · masculine
वायु । हवा · कुम्हार का आँवा · जल । पानी — Śabdasāgara
पवन · adj
शुद्ध । पवित्र । पावन — Śabdasāgara
पवन · pavan · s.m.
f. The act of purifying, purification; winnowing; 'the purifier,' wind, air; the Regent of the winds and of the north-west quarter — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 281
पवन · masculine
an epithet of Lord Vayu, the god of winds; a male given name, Pavan, from Sanskrit
पवन · masculine
air, breeze, wind
Cited formation "पवन" is पव + -न: पव means "गोबर", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "पवन" is पवना + -न: पवना means "झरना । पौना । दे॰ 'झरना' २", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पवन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pávana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pavana m. ‘purifier’, wind or the god of wind, breeze, air (ifc. f(ā). ), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
vital air, breath, Suśr.; Sarvad.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a potter's kiln
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pavana m. ‘purifier’, wind or the god of wind, breeze, air (ifc. f(ā). ), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
vital air, breath, Suśr.; Sarvad.
the regent of the Nakṣatra Svāti and the north-west region, Var.
N. of the number 5 (from the 5 vital airs), ib.
a householder's sacred fire, Hār.
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