Avatamsa, Avataṃsa, Avataṁsa: 18 definitions
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Avatamsa has 16 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Avatans.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAvataṃsa (अवतंस):—(von tan mit ava; vgl. avatāna) m. n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 13.] Kranz, reifenförmiger Schmuck; nach den Lexicographen [?(Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 229. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 654. Medinīkoṣa s. 47):] a) Ohrenschmuck, b) auf dem Scheitel getragener Kranz. karṇāvataṃsadviguṇākṣarasūtram [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 46.] mātaraḥ svavāhanakṣobhacalāvavataṃsāḥ [7, 38.] Bildlich: puṇḍarīkāvataṃsābhiḥ parikhābhiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 12, 18.] puṣpāvataṃsam salilam [Suśruta 1, 171, 10.] sravantyaḥ haṃsāvataṃsāḥ [Prabodhacandrodaja 87, 14.] tāmarasāvataṃsāḥ jalasaṃniveśāḥ [Gedicht vom Vogel Cātaka 5.] — Vgl. avataṃsaka .
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Avataṃsa (अवतंस):—, karṇāvataṃsa [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 199, 3.] kāmamañjarī nāmāṅgapuryavataṃsasthānīyā vārayuvatiḥ [179, 13. fg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAvataṃsa (अवतंस):——
1) m. n. Kranz , reifenförmiger Schmuck. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Berges [Indische studien von Weber 10,281.]
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Partial matches: Tamsa, Tamsa, Ava.
Starts with: Avatamsahva, Avatamsaka, Avatamsaka Realm, Avatamsaka Sutra, Avatamsana, Avatamsaniya, Avatamsasthaniya, Avatamsay, Avatamsayati.
Ends with: Candravatamsa, Gamgavatamsa, Indukalavatamsa, Karnavatamsa, Koshavatamsa, Kulavatamsa, Nandavatamsa, Pundarikavatamsa, Vaidyavatamsa, Vidyavatamsa, Vrittaratnavatamsa.
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