Apavartana, Apāvartana: 10 definitions
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Apavartana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Apavartana has 9 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Apvartan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchApavartana (अपवर्तन):—(wie eben) n.
1) das Wegrücken, Entfernen: sthānāpa [Suśruta 2, 91, 14.] —
2) das Entziehen: na tyāgo sti dviṣantyāśca na ca dāyāpavartanam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 79.] —
3) Abkürzung, Reduction auf die geringsten Grössen; Division ohne Rest; der dazu angewandte Divisor, [Algebra 113.]
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Apavartana (अपवर्तन):—Umkehr, Flucht; s. u. parivarta [3]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungApavartana (अपवर्तन):—n. —
1) *Umkehr , Flucht. —
2) da Wegrücken , Entfernen. —
3) das Entziehen. —
4) und —
5) = apavarta
1) und
2) [Colebrooke 153.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vartana, Apa.
Ends with: Avibhajyaapavartana, Dayapavartana, Nirapavartana, Samapavartana, Vyapavartana.
Full-text: Avavattana, Oyattana, Apvartan, Nirapavartana, Apavritti, Dayapavartana, Mahattama, Apavarta, Vivarta, Parivarta.
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