masculine · pavana 1.1 · pavana 1.2
wind
pavana ( nt. ? = Pali id. ), wood, forest ; so Pali comms. regularly, cf. MN i.117.23 araññe pavane (clearly near-synonym of arañña), comm. ii.85.2 vanasaṇḍe; DN comm. ii.680.14—15 (on DN ii.254.6 ) pavanaṃ vuccati vanasaṇḍo; use of the word in Pali and BHS clearly refers to life in the wilds, contrasting with life in society; Tib. on SP 13.2 nags tshal , wood ; etym. of the word not certain, but unlikely to be connected with Skt. pravaṇa ( PTSD ; others = upavana, see PTSD ): pavane vasanti SP 11.13 ( Nep. mss. ya vane); 13.2 ( Nep. mss. hi vane); ekāntasthāyī pavane ( Nep. mss. ha vane) vasāmi 90.1 ; °ne vaseyaṃ LV 393.2 ( v.l. upavane, unmetr. ); viharatha pavane udagracittā Mv ii.361.18 ; pavanaṃ vrajitvā Mv ii.382.14 , going into the forest . All these vss , but in Pali also in prose.
the wind. (neuter) a big forest
Pavana 1 (neuter) [cf. Sanskrit pavana and pāvana, of pū] winnowing of grain Miln 201 (read pavanena ṭṭhāyiko who earned his living by winnowing grain). Pavana 2 (neuter) [cf. Vedic pravaṇa; not with Müller P.Gram. 24 = upavana; perhaps = Latin pronus "prone"] side of a mountain, declivity D II 254; M I 117; S I 26; II 95, 105; Thag 1092; Ja I 28; II 180; VI 513; Cp I 1, 5, and 10, 1; III 13, 1; Miln 91, 198 f., 364, 408; Vism 345. Cf. Pavananagara Pj II 583 (v.l. for Tumbavanagara = Vanasavhaya). Note: Kern, Toev. sub voce defends Müller's (after Subhūti) interpretation as "wood, woodland," and compares BHS pavana Mvu II 272, 382. Pavana 3 at Vin II 136 in compound pavananta refers to the end of the girdle (kāyabandhana), where it is tied into a loop or knot. Sp 1212 explains it by pāsanta.
【陽】 風。【中】 大森林。
pavana a. Clean, pure. — naH [ pUlyu ] 1 Air, wind; sarpAH pibaMti pavana na ca durbalAste Subhāṣ. ; pavanapadavI , pavanasutaH &c. 2 N. of Viṣṇu. 3 A householder's sacred fire. — naM 1 Purification. 2 Winnowing. 3 A sieve, strainer. 4 Water. 5 A potter's kiln ( m. also). — nI A broom. Comp. — aSanaH, -Buj m. a serpent. — AtmajaH 1 an epithet of Hanumat. 2 of Bhīma. 3 fire. — ASaH a serpent, snake. °nASaH 1 an epithet of Garuḍa. 2 a peacock. — tanayaH, -sutaH 1 epithets of Hanumat. 2 of Bhīma. — vAhanaH fire. — vyADiH 1 an epithet of Uddhava, a friend and counsellor of Kṛṣṇa. 2 rheumatism.
(nt, nt, from vana) woodland; forest big forest Construction: pa + vana
(nt, nt, from vana) mountain-side; slope; (comm) great forest Construction: pa + vana
(masc, masc) draught; breeze draught of air; wind [lit.] purifying Construction: √pu > pav + *ana