Avana, Avaṇa, Avāna: 15 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvana (अवन):—(von av) n.
1) Befriedigung (tarpaṇa) [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1502.] —
2) Freude, Wohlgefallen (prīti) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 356.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 27.] —
3) Wunsch, zur Erkl. von eva [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 25. 12, 21.] —
4) Gunst, Schutz (rakṣaṇa) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] zur Erkl. von avas und oman [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 24. 25. 6, 4. 10, 33.] bhujo navane [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 66.] [NALOD. 1, 4.] —
5) Eile [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 39,] [?(COL. 38,) Scholiast]
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Avāna (अवान):—(von an mit ava)
1) m. das Einathmen, s. anavānam . —
2) adj. trocken, von Früchten u. s. w. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Avana (अवन):—
4) das Schützen, Hüten: bhavadavanāya [Gītagovinda 4, 3.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 83, 4.]
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Avāna (अवान):—
2) vielmehr nicht trocken (3. a + vāna), frisch, vollsaftig: āmraphala [Mahābhārata 2, 704.]
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Āvāna (आवान):—s. ṛgāvānam .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvaṇa (अवण):—n. = tilaparṇa [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Avana (अवन):——
1) n. — a) Begünstigung , Gunst. — b) *Labung , Erquickung. — c) Beschützung , Behütung. — d) *Freude , Wohlgefallen. — e) *Wunsch. — f) *Eile. —
2) *f. ī Ficus heterophylla [Rājan 5,56.]
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Avāna (अवान):—Adj. —
1) nicht eingetrocknet , frisch , vollsaftig [Mahābhārata 2,17,28.] —
2) nass [Kād. (1872)] II , [72,17.] —
3) *trocken.
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Starts with (+37): Avan-arivu-tan-kantalvina, Avanacoe, Avanacu, Avanadayati, Avanaddha, Avanagra, Avanah, Avanaha, Avanajavana, Avanajemana, Avanakara, Avanakkalam, Avanakkalari, Avanakku, Avanaksh, Avanakshatra, Avanam, Avanama, Avanamaka, Avanamakkal.
Ends with (+1376): Abharavana, Abhavabhavana, Abhavana, Abhayavana, Abhibhavana, Abhidhabhavana, Abhidhavana, Abhidravana, Abhihavana, Abhinavana, Abhisambhavana, Abhishavana, Abhishravana, Abhitthavana, Abhutodbhavana, Abhyashravana, Abhyuddravana, Abjavana, Adakavana, Adavana.
Full-text (+21): Avanam, Anavanam, Onama, Rigavanam, Anavana, Amvanu, Amvanem, Avani, Anavanata, Samavana, Apana, Rigavana, Avanaviti, Avanakkalam, Avanakkalari, Haryavana, Avanamakkal, Avanavolai, Avata, Avanata.
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