The Sanskrit term Āvraśc can be transliterated into English as Avrasc or Avrashc, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Avrashch.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āvraśc (आव्रश्च्).—6 P. To tear off, cut off; यो अस्याः कर्णावास्कुनोत्या स देवेषु वृश्चते (yo asyāḥ karṇāvāskunotyā sa deveṣu vṛścate) Av.12.4.6; tear in pieces, interrupt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvraśc (आव्रश्च्).—sever, separate, estrange or alienate from ([dative] or [locative]).

Āvraśc is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and vraśc (व्रश्च्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvraśc (आव्रश्च्):—[=ā-√vraśc] [Parasmaipada] -vṛścati, to tear off, cut off;

—to separate, remove, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kāṭhaka; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] : [Ātmanepada] -vṛścate, [Atharva-veda xii, 4, 6, etc.] ([Aorist] 1. sg. -vṛkṣi, [Ṛg-veda i, 27, 13; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra])

—to cut off, take away:

—[Passive voice] -vṛścyate, to be torn or cut off, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

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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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Partial matches: Vrashc, A.

Starts with: Avrashcana, Avrashch, Avrashchana.

Ends with: Avavrashc, Pravrashc, Savrashc.

Full-text: Avrashcana, Avraska.

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