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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Plu (प्लु).�1 Ā. (plavate, pluta)

1) To float, swim; कि� नामैतत� मज्जन्त्यलाबून� ग्रावाणः प्लवन्� इत� (ki� nmaitat majjantyalbūni grvṇa� plavanta iti) Mv.1; क्लेशोत्तर� रागवशात् प्लवन्ते (kleśottara� rgavaśt plavante) R.16.6; प्लवन्ते धर्मलघवो लोकेऽम्भसि यथ� प्लवाः (plavante dharmalaghavo loke'mbhasi yath plav�) ܲ�.

2) To cross in a boat.

3) To swing to and fro, vibrate.

4) To leap, jump, spring; यथामुखीनः सीताया� पुप्लुवे बह� लोभयन् (yathmukhīna� sīty� pupluve bahu lobhayan) Bhaṭṭikvya 5.48;14.13;15.46.

5) To plunge into, bathe.

6) To fly or haste away.

7) To blow (as the wind).

8) To fade away, disappear.

9) To soar, hover about.

1) To skip.

11) To be prolated or lengthened (as a vowel). -Caus. (屹ⲹپ-ٱ)

1) To cause to swim or float.

2) To remove, wash away.

3) To bathe.

4) To inundate, deluge, flood, submerge; यै� प्लावयिष्यन्ति समन्ततोऽमी (yai� plvayiṣyanti samantato'mī) Śiśuplavadha 3.74;7.74.

5) To cause to reel or fluctuate.

6) To lengthen, prolate (a vowel). With अभ� (abhi)

1) to over-flow.

2) to overwhelm, overcome.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Plu (प्लु).—[(ṅa) pluṅ] r. 1st cl. (plavate) 1. To go, to approach. 2. To go by leaps, to jump, &c. 3. To be lengthened, (as a vowel.) With ut prefixed, To leap up. With vi, To plunge in, to be submerged or inundated.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Plu (प्लु).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To swim, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 69, 9. 2. To navigate, Mahbhrata 3, 12782. 3. To fly, 3, 11767. 4. To jump, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 7; [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 2, 34 (plavant, pteple. of the pres. [Parasmaipada.], perhaps A monkey). 5. To jump over (with acc.), [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 1, 70. 6. To blow, Mahbhrata 3, 11070. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. pluta. 1. Bathed, Chr. 46, 25; wet, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 206, 24. 2. Jumped. 3. Lengthened to three moras, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 125. n. 1. Leaping, [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 117, 12. 2. Bounding, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 27, 1; capering, one of a horse’s paces. Frequent. DZūⲹ, To swim swiftly, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 95, 10. [Causal.] 屹ⲹ, 1. To inundate, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 269. 2. To sprinkle, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 208, 12. 3. [Ātmanepada.] To bathe, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 44, 56. 4. To cause to stagger. 屹ٲ, Moistened, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 122, 24; covered (with blood), 237, 17.

� With the prep. abhi abhi, abhipluta, 1. Overflowed. 2. Attacked, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] iv. [distich] 87 (v.r. Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 936). 3. Labouring, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 41.

� With samabhi sam-abhi, To cover, Mahbhrata 3, 2016. samabhipluta, Overwhelmed, labouring, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 42.

� With ava ava, To spring down, Mahbhrata 4, 1260. 2. To deviate, 2, 1452.

� With , 1. To bathe, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 5, 77. 2. To wash, Mahbhrata 3, 8514. 3. To swim near, 8. 12098. 4. To leap on, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahbhrata.] 31, 50. pluta, 1. Bathed, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahbhrata.] 41, 49. 2. Wetted, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 238, 23; 160, 4 (covered, viz. with blood). 3. Covered, Mahbhrata 3, 10693. m. An initiated householder. n. Bathing. [Causal.] 1. To cause to bathe, Mahbhrata 1, 7334. 2. [Ātmanepada.] To bathe (gtrṇi, one’s own limbs), Chr. 46, 29. 3. To sprinkle, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 244. 4. To inundate, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 11, 97. 5. To cause to move, to excite, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 16, 24.

� With sam sam-, sampluta, 1. Drenced, drowned. 2. Filled, Mahbhrata 3, 2172.

� With ud ud, 1. To leap up, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 117, 1. 2. To spring on, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 236. utpluta, Jumped upon, approached suddenly.

� With upa upa, upapluta, 1. Wet. 2. Covered, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 7, 16. 3. Assailed, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 118. 4. Distressed, Mahbhrata 3, 2025. 5. Eclipsed. 6. Marked by prodigies.

� With pari pari, To fluctuate, throb, [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 171, 5. paripluta, 1. Circumfused, Chr. 30, 37. 2. Bathed. 3. Immersed.

� With abhipari abhi-pari, abhiparipluta, 1. Overflowed. 2. Filled, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 73, 27. 3. Agitated, Chr. 17, 29.

� With vi vi, To fluctuate, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] iii. [distich] 2. vipluta, 1. Immersed, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 20. 2. Mixed. 3. Having had sexual intercourse, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 377. 4. Interrupted, Chr. 7, 21; troubled, Chr. 35, 7. 5. Depraved, false, [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 104, 7. 6. Devastated, destroyed, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 6, 40. Comp. A-, adj. uninterrupted, without intermission, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 249. Bhaya-, adj. panic-struck. [Causal.] to divulge, to profane, Man 11, 198.

� With sam sam, 1. To flow together, [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 97, 14. 2. To fluctuate, [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 155, 9. ṃpܳٲ, Overspread, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahbhrata.] 60, 188. [Causal.] To inundate, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 44, 35.

� Cf. probably [Latin] pluere, plorare, fluere, probably lavare; [Old High German.] flawjan, fluz; [Anglo-Saxon.] fleot; [Old High German.] fliuzan; [Anglo-Saxon.] fleowan, aet-flowan, fleotan; [Old High German.] flot; [Anglo-Saxon.] flód, also fleógan, fliógan, and fleón, flión.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Plu (प्लु).�plavate (plavati), [participle] pluta (q.v.) float, swim, bathe, sail; vibrate, hover, soar, fly; blow (wind), pass away (time); spring, jump, dance. [Causative] 屹ⲹti, te make float or swim, inundate, overflow, cover with ([instrumental]), bathe, cleanse, wash away, remove. [Intensive] DZūⲹte swim about.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Plu (प्लु):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhtupṭha xxii, 62]; cf. [xiv, 40]) plavate (rarely [Parasmaipada] ti; [perfect tense] pupluve, [Brhmaṇa] etc., 3. [plural] , [Harivaṃśa]; [Aorist] ṣṭ, [Brhmaṇa] etc., 2. [plural] ḍh, [Pṇini 8-3, 78 [Scholiast or Commentator]]; Prec. ṣīṣṭa, [vii, 2, 43 [Scholiast or Commentator]]; [future] ṣyپ, te, [Brhmaṇa] etc.; [indeclinable participle] -ūⲹ, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa]; -plutya, [Mahbhrata] etc.),

—to float, swim, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to bathe, [Mahbhrata; Raghuvaṃśa];

—to go or cross in a boat, sail, navigate, [Mahbhrata; Harivaṃśa];

—to sway to and fro, hover, soar, fly, [Brhmaṇa; Mahbhrata; Harivaṃśa];

—to blow (as the wind), [Mahbhrata; Varha-mihira];

—to pass away, vanish by degrees, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; 峾ⲹṇa] ([varia lectio]);

—to be lengthened or prolated (as a vowel See pluta), [Ṛgveda-prtiśkhya; Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]];

� (older form pru q.v.) to hop, skip, leap, jump, spring from ([ablative]) or to or into or over or upon ([accusative]), [Mahbhrata; 峾ⲹṇa] etc.:—[Causal] 屹ⲹti (rarely te, or 屹ⲹti; [Aorist] apiplavat, [Bhaṭṭi-kvya], apupl [grammar]),

—to cause to float or swim, bathe, wash, inundate, submerge, [Ktyyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahbhrata] etc. ;

—to overwhelm id est. supply abundantly with ([instrumental case]), [Mahbhrata];

—to wash away, remove (guilt, sin etc.), [Mahbhrata; Bhgavata-purṇa];

—to purify, [Mahbhrata];

—to prolate (a vowel), [???];

—to cause to jump or stagger, [Bhaṭṭi-kvya] :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] piplvayiṣati or puplvayiṣati, [Pṇini 7-4, 81] :—[Desiderative] ܱūṣaٱ ڲ:‰ڱԳٱԲ DZūⲹte, to swim about or rapidly, [峾ⲹṇa; Varha-mihira]

2) cf. [Greek] πλέω, πλεϝω, πλύνω; Old [Latin] per-plovere; [Latin] pluit, pluvius; [Lithuanian] plauti; [Anglo-Saxon] flovan; [German], flawjan, flawen, vlouwen etc.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Plu (प्लु):�(ṅa) plavate 1. d. To go; to jump. With ut to leap up; with vi to plunge in.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Plu (प्लु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pava, Puva, Puvva.

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