pravara , m. Mvy 7706 , or nt. id. 7832 (cited from Gv ), a high number: Gv 105.20 ; 133.1 ( nt. ).
pravara a. 1 Chief, principal, most excellent or distinguished, best, exalted; saMketake cirayati pravaro vinodaH Mk. 3. 3 ; Ms. 10. 27 ; Ghaṭ. 16. 2 Eldest. — raH 1 A call, summons. 2 A particular invocation addressed to Agni by a Brāhmaṇa at the consecration of his fire. 3 A line of ancestors. 4 A race, family, lineage. 5 An ancestor. 6 A Muni or noble ancestor who contributes to the credit of a particular gotra or family. 7 Offspring, descendants. 8 A cover, covering. 9 An upper garment. 10 One of the 42 Gotras, ( pb ) — rA N. of a river falling into Godāvarī. — raM Aloe-wood Comp. — vAhanO ( du. ) an epithet of the two Aśvins.