As a deity name
Name 833 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
प्रवरा · noun · masculine
होमाग्नी । हवन करने की अग्नि · विष्णु का एक नाम (को॰) · सोम याग संबंधी एक उत्सव (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रवरा" is प्र- + वरा: वरा means "Situated on this side (of a river, &c.)", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "प्रवरा" is प्रवर + -आ: प्रवर means "One of the forty-nine gotras or families (as opp. to the eight original gotras)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "प्रवरा" is प्रवर + -आ: प्रवर means "One of the forty-nine gotras or families (as opp. to the eight original gotras)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a river (which falls into the Godāvarī and is celebrated for the sweetness of its water)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pravarā" is the feminine form of "pravara" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
pra-varā f. N. of a river (which falls into the Godāvarī and is celebrated for the sweetness of its water), MBh.; VP.
1. pra-vara mf(ā)n. (fr. pra + vara or fr. pra √ 2. vṛ; for 2. and 3. See p. 693) most excellent, chief, principal, best, Mn.; MBh. &c.
eldest (son), MBh.
Alternative readings
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