Avastha, Avasthā: 23 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvastha (अवस्थ):—(von sthā mit ava)
1) m. das männliche Glied [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 90, 3.] Vgl. 2, d und upastha . —
2) f. sthā . a) das Auftreten, Erscheinen (vor Gericht): kṛtāvastho dhanaiṣiṇā vom Gläubiger vor Gericht gebracht [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 60.] — b) festes Aufstehen, Bestand; s. anavastha . — c) Zustand, Lage, Stellung, Verhältniss, Fall, Grad, Stufe [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1377.] tasmātsarvāsvavasthāsu mānyāḥ pūjyāśca pārthivāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 44, 13. 1, 17, 27. 4, 21, 8.] [Śākuntala 80, 7.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 6.] [Meghadūta 107.] avasthākālasadṛśa [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 70, 13.] avasthocita [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 25.] imāmavasthāṃ nītāsi [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 25, 2. 16.] [Pañcatantra 173, 3.] avasthāṃ gam [214, 20.] [Sāvitryupākhyāna 5, 89.] avasthāṃ yā [Meghadūta 18.] īdṛśīmavasthāṃ prapanno smi [Śākuntala 60, 12.] rākṣasasāṃnidhyajāmavasthāṃ kampajvarādibhiranubhavati [Pañcatantra 258, 7.] sa kapīndreṇa tulyāvasthaḥ svasuḥ kṛtaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 80.] [Bhartṛhari 2, 37.] tadavasthā adj. [Nalopākhyāna 17, 30.] sarvāvastha [Sāvitryupākhyāna 4, 32.] svāmino mahatyavasthā vartate [Pañcatantra 70, 11.] mahatī te vyasanāvasthā vartate [107, 6.] antyāvastho pi mahāṃsvāmiguṇānna jahāti [IV, 76.] avasthāṃ paścimāṃ paśya pituḥ putra sudāruṇām [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 22, 26. 6, 7, 45. 8, 8. 9.] mama tvaddarśanānmanobhavena paścimāvasthā kṛtā [Pañcatantra 128, 6.] ityādyavasthā mama saṃjātā [Prabodhacandrodaja 113, 3.] prathamakāmāvasthā [Scholiast] zu [Śākuntala 22.] vāṣpo nāmāśruṇaḥ pūrvāvasthā [Scholiast] zu [81.] kāmayamānāvastho rājā [Śākuntala 32, 1.] sphuliṅgāvasthayā vahniredhāpekṣa iva sthitaḥ [174. 131.] kāyāva [Dhūrtasamāgama 83, 16.] dravāva Zustand des Flüssigseins [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 24,] [Scholiast] madāvastha iva dvipendraḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 7.] [Meghadūta 30.] Altersstufe [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 146. 6, 2, 115.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 218.] bālāvastha [Vikramorvaśī 156.] avasthācatuṣṭaya [Vaidyaka im Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. samavasthā . — d) die weibliche Scham: a.hyava.thāḥ pra jāyante.pra va.rerva.riściketa [Ṛgveda 5, 19, 1.] Vgl. avastha .
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Avasthā (अवस्था):—
2) c) [Spr. 2711.] vayovasthā [3951.] avasthā allein dass. [4627] bālāvastha adj. [5063.] Art und Weise [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 14, 29.] etadavastha adj. derartig: ciraviyoga [Vikramorvaśī 135.] vier Avasthā [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 335. fg.] citrapaṭe und paramātmani [Oxforder Handschriften 222,b,16. fgg.] drei [WEBER,] [Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 356.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 83, 4.] fünf im Verlauf der Handlung im Drama [Sāhityadarpana 324.] — e) in der Dramatik ein einzelner Erfolg, der alle übrigen Erfolge nach sich zieht: sāvasthā phalayogaḥ syādyaḥ samagraphalodayaḥ [Sāhityadarpana 329. fg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvastha (अवस्थ):——
1) m. penis. —
2) f. ā — a) das Erscheinen vor Gericht. — b) Bestand. — c) Lage , Lebenslage , Zustand , Verhältniss. — d) Grad , Stufe , Altersstufe. — e) in der Dramatik ein einzelner Erfolg , der alle übrigen nach sich zieht. — f) vulva.
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Starts with (+12): Avastai, Avastai-nanasnanam, Avastaippucutal, Avastattirayam, Avasthabedha, Avasthabheda, Avasthacatushtaya, Avasthachatushtaya, Avasthadashaka, Avasthadhara, Avasthadvaya, Avastham, Avasthan, Avasthana, Avasthaniyama, Avasthantara, Avasthapa, Avasthapaka, Avasthapana, Avasthapita.
Ends with (+132): Adyavastha, Anavastha, Antarmadavastha, Antarvyavastha, Antyavastha, Anubhavastha, Anvavastha, Apavyavastha, Arthavyavastha, Ashaucavyavastha, Ashtavidhaprakrityavastha, Atmavastha, Atyavastha, Aupavastha, Avyavastha, Bahudaliya-vyavastha, Bajaravyavastha, Balavastha, Balyavastha, Bhagavatavyavastha.
Full-text (+157): Avasthadvaya, Avasthacatushtaya, Avasthavan, Svapnavastha, Kritavastha, Anavastha, Duravastha, Avasthatraya, Paryavastha, Samavastha, Tadavastha, Pancavastha, Avasthapana, Avasthiti, Balavastha, Paryyavastha, Evamavastha, Yathavastham, Triyavastha, Avasthika.
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