Avantaka: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvantaka (अवन्तक):—Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 241, 8.]
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Avantaka (अवन्तक):—m. pl. Name einer Schule [WASSILJEW 79. 231.] — Vgl. u. āvantika .
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Āvantaka (आवन्तक):—adj. zu den Avanti in Beziehung stehend: nṛpa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 86, 2, v. l.] m. pl. die Bewohner von [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 73.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvantaka (अवन्तक):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium —
1) eines Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 14,12.] —
2) einer buddh. Schule.
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Āvantaka (आवन्तक):——
1) Adj. zu den Avanti in Beziehung stehend , zu ihnen gehörig. —
2) m. Pl. die Bewohner von Avanti.
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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Ends with: Anacaravamtaka, Bhavantaka, Kavantaka, Talavantaka, Tungavantaka, Yavantaka.
Full-text (+5): Avantika, Avantishvara, Avantinagara, Avantimihira, Avantipuri, Avantisaras, Avantisena, Avantidesha, Avantya, Avantisundari, Avantibhupala, Avantivardhana, Avantinagari, Avantikhanda, Avantideva, Avantivati, Avantisvamin, Avantivarman, Avantyashmaka, Avantibrahma.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
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