Avashishta, Avaśiṣṭa: 13 definitions
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Avashishta has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Avaśiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Avasista or Avashishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Avashisht.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvaśiṣṭa (अवशिष्ट):—s. u. śiṣ mit ava; davon ṣṭaka n. das Uebriggebliebene, Rest: daṇḍaśulkāvaśiṣṭakam [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 47.]
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: Shishta, Ava.
Starts with: Avashishtaka, Avashishtalajahoma, Avashishtalinga.
Ends with: Alpavashishta, Hatavashishta, Kathamatravashishta.
Full-text: Urvarita, Avacishtam, Avasesa, Avashisht, Pravishish, Vibhajaniya, Coshya, Akhila, Avasittha, Enikrita, Purna, Shish, Bhavanapati, Anga.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.608 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
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Verse 2.90 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Śrīvāsa and the Inauguration of Saṅkīrtana]
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 18: The Bhavanapatis < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
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Part 8: Birth-ceremonies presided over by Śakra < [Chapter II - Birth of Ajita and Sagara]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.169 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 20 < [Chapter 2 - Dvitīya-yāma-sādhana (Prātaḥ-kālīya-bhajana)]
Text 2 < [Chapter 7 - Saptama-yāma-sādhana (Pradoṣa-kālīya-bhajana–vipralambha-prema)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.93 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]