Ahvana, Āhvāna: 14 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Ahvan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀhvāna (आह्वान):—(wie eben) n.
1) das Anrufen, Herbeirufen, Aufruf [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 9. 3, 4, 18, 126. 27, 209.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 261.] haṇḍe -āhvānaṃ nīcaṃ prati [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 15.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 84,] [Scholiast] sa tatra gatvā tasyāhvānāya śabdaṃ cakāra [Mahābhārata 1, 691.] suhṛdāhvānaṃ prakurvīta [Pañcatantra III, 44.] atha brāhmaṇasya kṛte rājñaḥ śrāddhaṃ dātumāhvānamāgatam [Hitopadeśa 128, 5.] —
2) das Anrufen, Herbeirufen einer Gottheit [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 126.] [Mahābhārata 1, 4391. 4861. 3, 14140. 15146. 17076.] vṛthāhvāna [1, 4394. 15, 830.] —
3) Aufforderung zum Kampf [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 13, 40. 14, 10.] —
4) Aufforderung vor Gericht zu erscheinen [Mṛcchakaṭikā 143, 3.] [Mitākṣarā 8.] —
5) Bezeichnung einer liturgischen Formel (s. āhāva [2.]) [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 5, 10. 9, 6.] —
6) Benennung, Name [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Āhvāna (आह्वान):—
1) [Halāyudha 1, 154.] das Herbeirufen, Citiren (eines Geistes) [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 277.] —
6) [Halāyudha 1, 152.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀhvāna (आह्वान):—n. —
1) das Anrufen , Herbeirufen , Einladung. —
2) das Citiren vor Gericht [213,6.12,20.] —
3) Aufforderung zum Kampf. —
4) das Herbeirufen einer Gottheit. —
5) das Citiren eines Geistes. —
6) eine best. liturgische Formel. —
7) *Benennung , Name.
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Starts with: Ahvana-gita, Ahvana-patra, Ahvana-stambha, Ahvanadarshana, Ahvanamgey, Ahvanana, Ahvanapatrike, Ahvanapurusha, Ahvanay, Ahvanaya, Ahvanayati.
Ends with: Anahvana, Durahvana, Hvanahvana, Kakahvana, Kritahvana, Prahvana, Pratyahvana, Punarahvana, Samahvana, Svahvana, Upahvana, Vatahvana.
Full-text (+1): Ahvanadarshana, Kritahvana, Akvanam, Ahvana-stambha, Aahvaan-stambh, Svahvana, Pratyahvana, Ahvanay, Aahvaan-geet, Avhana, Ahvan, Ahavvana, Samahvana, Ahavana, Ahvanana, Calling, Dura, Ahava, Ahve, Rathanga.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.18.43 < [Chapter 18 - Mahāprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopī]
Verse 2.12.37 < [Chapter 12 - The Glories of Nityānanda]
Verse 1.5.125 < [Chapter 5 - Eating the Mendicant Brāhmaṇa’s Offerings]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.8.4 < [Sukta 8]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.6.104-105 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 20 - Worshipping an earthen phallic image by chanting Vedic mantras < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]