Avadana, Avadāna: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvadāna (अवदान):—1. (von dā, dyati mit ava) n.
1) das Abtheilen, Zerstücken, Zerschneiden [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 226.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 155.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 161.] vaśāyā avadānānāṃ yathaiva teṣāmavadānam [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 5, 2, 8. 6.] eṣo vadānadharmaḥ [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 7.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 1, 16. 5, 12. 5, 10, 10. 6, 7, 9. 25, 10, 7.] —
2) Abschnitt, Stück: yatkiṃ cāgnau juhvati tadavadānaṃ nāma [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 2, 6.] yadidaṃ kiṃ cidavadānaṃ hīyate na tadādriyeta [3, 8, 3, 16. 1, 7, 3, 6. 2, 5, 2, 37. 38. 4, 5, 2, 6. 7. 5, 1, 3, 5. 11, 1, 8, 5. 4, 2, 16.] aṅguṣṭhaparvamātramavadānam [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 9, 6. 14, 2, 17. 15, 10, 20. 25, 5, 19. 9, 8. 10, 9. fgg.] avadānahoma [1, 1, 15.]
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Avadāna (अवदान):—2. (von dā, dāyati mit ava) n. eine reine, erlaubte Beschäftigung [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 811.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 155.] eine vollbrachte Handlung (karma vṛttam) [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 3.] = itivṛtta [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 226.] = ativṛtta [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 161.] Handlung (karman) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Medinīkoṣa] eine aussergewöhnliche That, Heldenthat [Śākuntala 160.] [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 21.] tripurāva gegen Trip. [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 48.] sehr häufig bei den Buddhisten, wo es [BURNOUF] durch Legende übersetzt, während es nur die den Inhalt der Legende bildende That bezeichnet. [Burnouf 64. 99. 437.] avadānaśataka Titel einer aus 100 Legenden bestehenden Sammlung [115. 131. 199.] bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā Titel einer andern Sammlung [555.] divyāvadāna, aśokāvadāna [358. u.s.w.] [Akademische Vorlesungen 262.]
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Avadāna (अवदान):—3. n. = avadāha [SVĀMIN] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 30 im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Avadāna (अवदान):—1.
1) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 27, 41.]
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Avadāna (अवदान):—2. eine aussergewöhnliche That [Sāhityadarpana 232.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvadāna (अवदान):—1. n. —
1) das Abschneiden , Zerstücken , Zerschneiden. —
2) Abschnitt , Stück. homa [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 1,1,16.]
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Avadāna (अवदान):—2. n. Heldenthat. śataka n. Titel einer buddh. Legendensammlung.
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Avadāna (अवदान):—3. m. = avadāha.
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: Dana, Ava, Tana.
Starts with: Avadanaka, Avadanakalpalata, Avadananem, Avadanavada, Avatanam.
Ends with (+112): Ambhojavadana, Anritavadana, Apratirupavadana, Arthavadana, Arvavadana, Ashokavadana, Ashvavadana, Asokavadana, Atulavadana, Avavadana, Avyavadana, Bhadravadana, Bhandavadana, Bimbapratibimbadarshanavadana, Candravadana, Caturasravadana, Chandravadana, Chaturasravadana, Cudapakshavadana, Dainyavadana.
Full-text (+936): Avadanakalpalata, Kapishavadana, Paryavadana, Avadanika, Apatana, Caturavatta, Avadaniya, Kapphina, Pancavadana, Karmashuddha, Vadanya, Pancavatta, Punyabala, Caturavattin, Vadika, Kauravya, Jambala, Sthulakoshthakiya, Alpeshakhyatva, Virupa.
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