Avastha, Avasthā: 23 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Avastha (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 Fassung

Avastha (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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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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