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पह्लव (pahlava)

 
Capeller Eng
English
पह्लव
m.
pl.
 the Parthians or the Persians.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पह्लव
m.
pl.
N.
 of a people (the Parthians or Persians),
Mn.
 x, 44
MBh.
&c.
 (also spelt पह्नव
in the
VP.
 they are said to be a degraded Kṣatriya race conquered by Sagara and sentenced to wear beards).
Monier Williams 1872
English
पह्लव पह्लव, आस्, m., N. of a people, the
Persians, (also spelt पह्नव
in the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa
they are said to be a degraded Kṣatriya race con-
quered by Sagara and sentenced by him to wear
beards, see Wilson's Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, p. 375.)
Macdonell
English
पह्लव pahlava,
m.
pl.
 the Parthians or Persians.
Benfey
English
पह्लव पह्लव,
n.
 The name of a
people, the Persians.
Mahabharata
English
Pahlava, pl. (ºāḥ), a people (“the Parths”).--§ 223 (Vāsishṭha): I, 175, 6683 (sprung from the tail of the cow of Vasishṭha).--§ 285 (Nakula): II, 32, 1199 (in the west, vanquished by Nakula).--§ 292 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1871 (brought tribute to Yudhishṭhira).--§ 342 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III, 51, 1990 (only B., C. has Pallavān, present at the rājasūya of Yudhishṭhira).--§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 4, 78 (Śakānāṃ Pºānāñ ca Daradānāñ ca nṛpāḥ).-§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9, 375 (among the peoples of the north-east).--§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 65, 2429 (enumeration of low and barbarous peoples).
पुराणम्
English
पह्लव / PAHLAVA. A place of human habitation of ancient india. This is situated in the western zone. (Śloka 68, Chapter 9, bhīṣma parva).
Capeller
German
पह्लव
m.
 Pl. die Parther o. Perser.
Stchoupak
French
पह्लव-
m.
pl.
n.
 d'un peuple (les Parthes).