Avabhasa, Avabhāsa: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvabhāsa (अवभास):—(von bhās mit ava) m.
1) Glanz, Schein: anagnāvabhāsaḥ [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 130.] samastajagadava [] in [Frid 129.] śuklāva weiss aussehend [Suśruta 2, 268, 15.] pītāvabhāsatā gelbliches Aussehen [1, 49, 20.] —
2) das Erscheinen, Offenbarwerden [Vedāntasāra] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 217, 11.] —
3) Raum, Bereich: bālānāṃ śravaṇāvabhāsamāgacchāmi ich komme in den Bereich des Hörens der Kinder, d. h. ich werde bei ihnen bekannt [Saddharmalaṅkāvatāra] in [Burnouf 596.] Vgl. avakāśa .
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Avabhāsa (अवभास):—
2) [Sāhityadarpana 96, 9. 116, 19.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvabhāsa (अवभास):—m. —
1) Glanz , Schein , Aussehen. —
2) das Erscheinen , Zutagetreten [285,10.] —
3) Bereich. śravaṇāva des Hörens (buddh.)
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Starts with: Avabhasaka, Avabhasakara, Avabhasakatva, Avabhasamakuta, Avabhasamana, Avabhasamkara, Avabhasanashikhin, Avabhasaprabha, Avabhasaprapta, Avabhasaraja, Avabhasarajaprabhaketushiri, Avabhasarajaprabhaketushri, Avabhasasagaraviyuha, Avabhasata, Avabhasati, Avabhasaya, Avabhasayitar, Avabhashana.
Ends with (+23): Adhaurdhvadigjnanavabhasa, Ajinavaravabhasa, Anavabhasa, Ardhaharavabhasa, Bhavabhasa, Candravabhasa, Chandravabhasa, Dakavabhasa, Dharmavabhasa, Gambhiravabhasa, Haravaravabhasa, Kanakavalivaravabhasa, Kritsnavabhasa, Kundakrityavabhasa, Kundalavaravabhasa, Lohitavabhasa, Muktavalivaravabhasa, Nilavabhasa, Padmavabhasa, Pandvavabhasa.
Full-text (+5): Obhasa, Avabhasakara, Avabhasaprabha, Gambhiravabhasa, Avabhasaprapta, Avabhasaka, Avabhasata, Pandvavabhasa, Pratyavabhasa, Anavabhasa, Avahasa, Vishranti, Svarupavishranti, Udyoga, Carvana, Parikatha, Pratyuddhara, Udaya, Audara, Abhasa.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.196 [Asaṅgati] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
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Act 9.3: Question of the bodhisattva Samantaraśmi < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Appendix 2 - Lokāntarikā (intermediate spaces between two worlds) < [Chapter XLVII - Praises made by the Buddhas]
V. Value of the Buddha fields < [Part 4 - Assuring the continuity of the Buddha universes]
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II, 2, 28 < [Second Adhyāya, Second Pāda]
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 9 - Maṇḍana (a.d. 800) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)