Aplavana, Āplavana: 9 definitions
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Aplavana 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.
Aplavana has 7 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Aplavan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀplavana (आप्लवन):—(wie eben) n. das Eintauchen, Baden [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 7.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 24, 6, 41.] tīrtheṣvāplavanaṃ kṛtvā [Mahābhārata 1, 1814.]
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Āplavana (आप्लवन):—[Halāyudha 2, 253.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 22, 20.] schlechte v.l. für utplavana [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 115.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀplavana (आप्लवन):—n. das Eintauchen. Bad.
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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Starts with: Aplavanavratin.
Ends with: Amritaplavana, Jalaplavana, Kushaplavana, Praplavana, Pratyaplavana, Sagaraplavana.
Full-text: Aplava, Pratyaplavana, Aplavan, Aplavanavratin.
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