pravartaka a. ( rtikA f. ) 1 Setting on foot, founding. 2 Advancing, promoting, furthering. 3 Producing, causing. 4 Prompting, urging, inducing, instigating (in a bad sense). — kaH 1 An originator, founder, author. 2 A prompter, instigator. 3 An arbiter, umpire. — kaM The entrance of a character on the stage.