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Prabhav
प्रभवSay it pruh-BHUV
- Meaning today
- Influence, power
- Original meaning
- "source, origin; might, power; a name of Vishnu" Monier-Williams, p. 684
- Say it
- pruh-BHUV
- Written
- प्रभव
- Other spellings
- Prabhaav
Prabhav
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Prabhav meaning
Prabhav (प्रभव) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Source, origin; might, power; a name of Vishnu
Also used to mean: influence
Prabhav (प्रभव) is the Sanskrit prabhava, from pra-bhū, "to come forth, to arise". Monier-Williams gives it as production, source and origin, the cause of a thing's existence, and also as might and power, in the same sense as prabhāva. It appears as a name of Vishnu and as the name of the first year in the sixty-year cycle of Jupiter used in Indian calendars. Baby-name lists usually give "influence" or "power", which reflects the Hindi word prabhāv, "influence"; the two words are closely related.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Vishnu.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 684 · entry prabhava · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, prabhava, p. 684
Spellings
Prabhav · Prabhaav