पावनी

See also: पवन

Sanskrit

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewHonih₂, from *pewH- (“to be pure, clean”).

Noun

पावनी • (pāvanī) stem, f

  1. purifier, sanctifier
  2. black myrobalan
  3. holy basil
  4. a cow
  5. name of a river (later only used for the Ganges, especially its eastern branches)
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