Anavrishti, 础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱: 19 definitions
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Anavrishti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term 础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 can be transliterated into English as Anavrsti or Anavrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Anavrashti.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�) refers to 鈥渄rought鈥� (i.e., when the land is afflicted with drought), according to the 峁峁璼腻hasrasa峁僪it腻, an expansion of the Kubjik腻matatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjik腻 cult.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淥ne should institute a great sacrifice at times of great fear, when in conflict with a powerful enemy, when the land is afflicted with drought [i.e., 补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱], when locusts and soldiers come (to ravage it), when (one seeks to) remedy disease and suffering, when there is a fight between relatives for kingdom, when the king is deposed, during solitary combat in a great battle, in order to (get a) son, when one fails to gets a young virgin (bride), during a marriage, in order to gain victory, (or) when a fort is under attack. [...]鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�) refers to a 鈥渄rought鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻 (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var腻hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f, in Var峁Ｄ�, when the rays are sharp, the sun be white then the Br腻hmins, if of blood colour the K峁triyas, if yellow the Vai艣yas, and if black the 艢奴dras will perish. If, as said above, the rays be soft, mankind will be happy. If, in Gr墨峁a, the sun be of blood colour mankind will be afflicted with various fears; If, in Var峁Ｄ�, he be black there will be drought on the Earth [i.e., 补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱]; If, in Hemanta he be yellow there will be immediate fear from disease鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�) refers to 鈥渄rought鈥�, according to the Netratantra of K峁mar腻ja: a 艢aiva text from the 9th century in which 艢iva (Bhairava) teaches P腻rvat墨 topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.鈥擜ccordingly, [verse 19.121-128, while describing the prevention of natural disasters]鈥斺�淸The Mantrin] should [perform] rites and recitations to avert evil and famine, in times of great dangers, [such as] destructive earthquakes, meteors, massive rainfall and drought (补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱) as well as threats of mice and other pests. He should conduct the ritual when flowers, etc., grow out of season, [when images of gods] are lost or break. [...]鈥�.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�) refers to 鈥渄rought鈥�, according to the 2nd-century Meghas奴tra (鈥淐loud Sutra鈥�) in those passages which contain ritual instructions.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗e who desires a mighty rain must perform this rite 鈥榯he great-cloud-circle鈥� in an open space, overspread by a blue canopy, shaded by a blue banner, on a clear spot of earth; [...] And the prophet of the Law, with his own safety secured, and living in goodwill, shall behave towards all beings with compassion, [and] after prayers to all the Buddhas and Bodhisatvas shall perform this rite to the snakes with the motive of his own prosperity. Afterward, at a season of drought (补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱-k腻lasamaya), he shall recite this chapter 鈥淭he great-cloud-circle鈥�, for one day or for two, until it needs shall rain seven nights. [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻y腻na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽腻p腻ramit腻 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�).鈥攆 (S) Want of rain, drought. Ex. ki峁� 补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱峁� var峁Ｄ� ghana || m峁泃yusamay墨峁� sudh腻p腻na ||
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�).鈥�f Want of rain, drought.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�).鈥�f. Drought, one of the kinds of 啶堗い啶� (墨迟颈) q. v. 啶む啶� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶掂ぞ啶班啶粪た啶曕啶ぞ啶え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啷嵿く啶距 啶す啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠぞ 啷� 啶掂啶粪啶熰 啶膏じ啷嵿く啶掂た啶掂啶︵啶о啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶た啶粪い啷� 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ啶｀た啶ㄠ (tena dv腻da艣av腻r峁ky腻man腻v峁涐梗峁瓂腻峁� mah腻tman腻 | v峁涐梗峁璦峁� sasyaviv峁沝dhyartha峁� mi峁to vajrap腻峁噄na岣�) || Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 3.126.42.
Derivable forms: 补苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱岣� (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶苦).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�).鈥攆.
(-峁ａ弓颈岣�) Drought. E. an neg. 腻 before 惫峁涐梗峁璱 rain.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�).鈥攊. e. an-腻-v峁涐梗 + ti, f. Drought, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 62, 18.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�).鈥擺feminine] no rain, drought.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�):鈥擺=an-腻惫峁涐梗峁璱] f. want of rain, drought.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�):鈥擺tatpurusha compound] f.
(-峁ａ弓颈岣�) Drought. E. a neg. and 腻-惫峁涐梗峁璱 (explained with samant腻d惫峁涐梗峁璱). See also under an腻.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�):鈥擺an腻+惫峁涐梗峁璱] (峁ａ弓颈岣�) 2. f. Drought.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: A峁嚹鍁i峁弓hi, A峁嚹鍁u峁弓hi.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�) [Also spelled anavrashti]:鈥�(nf) drought, want of rain.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (嗖呧波嗖距驳喑冟卜喑嵿矡嗖�):鈥擺noun] a prolonged period of dry weather; lack of rain; drought.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary础苍腻惫峁涐梗峁璱 (啶呧え啶距さ啷冟し啷嵿啶�):鈥攏. drought;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Avrishti, An.
Starts with: Anavrishtikala, Anavrishtipatita.
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