प्रवेध (pravedha)

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Apte

English

प्रवेधः [pravēdhḥ],  1 A bow-shot.

A particular measure.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 प्र-वेध a See प्र-√ व्यध्.

 प्र॑-°वेध b m.
  a bow-shot,  ĀpŚr.
  ,  Sch.

 a partic.  measure of length,  Divyā

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 pravedha (m.? = Pali pabbedha
 in Skt. once,  see pw,  shot,  sc. of an arrow),  shot as a measure of breadth (? or possibly,  breadth,  cf. udvedha,  āvedha): Divy 〔56.16—17〕 yo 'sau yūpa ūrdhvaṃ vyāmasahasraṃ tiryak ṣoḍaśapravedho (cf. Jāt. 〔ii.334.4〕 tiriyaṃ soḷasapabbedho),  … across (in diameter) 16 shots,  or possibly across having a breadth of 16 (sc. vyāma?)
 cf. the vv.ll. cited in the note
 virtually same text 〔59.16〕.

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Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 प्रवेध ein best. Längenmaß,  Divyāvad. 56,  17
 59,  16.

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