पावनी

See also: पवन

Sanskrit

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewHonih₂, from *pewH- (“to be pure, clean”).

Noun

पावनी • (pāvanī) stem, f

1. purifier, sanctifier
2. black myrobalan
3. holy basil
4. a cow
5. name of a river (later only used for the Ganges, especially its eastern branches)