Avalambin, Avalambī, Avalambi: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvalambin (अवलम्बिन्):—(wie eben) adj. herabhängend, an Etwas hängend, sich auf Etwas stützend, sich auf oder an Etwas lehnend, sich an Etwas befindend: puṣpabhārāvalambibhiḥ (tarubhiḥ) [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 96, 3.] ime ca vipulāstālāḥ sapta śākhāvalambinaḥ [4, 9, 89.] [Sāvitryupākhyāna 5, 104.] [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 49.] gavākṣavivarāvalambinā (caraṇena) [19, 7.] bhujāva [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 37.] parijanāṃsāva [Śākuntala 62, 15.] caramācalacūḍāvalambini (candramasi) [Hitopadeśa 9, 5.] aparadhuryapadāva [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 66.] ayaṃ hi nidrā nayanāvalambinī lalāṭadeśādupasarpatīva mām [Mṛcchakaṭikā 46, 7.] śāpāntāśāva [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 28.] vraṇāḥ -śiraḥpārśvāvalambinaḥ [Suśruta 2, 19, 20.]
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Avalambin (अवलम्बिन्):—, sutāhastāva [Kathāsaritsāgara 93, 12.] karānprasārya raviṇā dakṣiṇāśāvalambinā sich lehnend an [Spr. 3870.] yogīndreṇa tattvāvalambinā [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 92, 14.] An den ersten Stellen hängend habend d. i. behängt mit; vgl. noch raktamālāvalambin [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 23, 2, 4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvalambin (अवलम्बिन्):—Adj. —
1) herabhängend , sich neigend. —
2) sich haltend an , — stützend — , — lehnend auf (eig. und übertr.) , beruhend , auf , abhängig von [Śaṃkarācārya .zu.Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtra 3,5,52.5]) sich befindend an.
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Starts with: Avalambini.
Ends with: Astavalambin, Avyavalambin, Cudavalambin, Malavalambin, Matavalambin, Mokshavalambin, Rajjvavalambin, Tadimalavalambin, Vyavalambin.
Full-text: Rajjvavalambin, Vyavalambin, Astavalambin, Avalambini.
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