पावनी

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Sanskrit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

पावनी (pāvanī) stemf

  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)