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Avabhritha, ṛt: 11 definitions

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Avabhritha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 ṛt can be transliterated into English as Avabhrtha or Avabhritha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avabhritha in Pancaratra glossary
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

ṛt (अवभृ�) or ṛtsnāna refers to “bathing rite (done in the presence of all the gods)� performed at the end of routine festivals, as discussed in chapters 21-22 of the 첹ṇḍⲹṃh: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, ū (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and ⲹśٳٲ (expiatory measures).—Description of chapter [utsava-vidhi]: [...] The routine festivals are characterized by (offerings of) flower-buds and blooms, (performance of) ṣābԻ-rites (3b), and a duration of from one to three days; in the end an ṛt-bathing rite is done in the presence of all the gods (1-4). How routine festivals are done is given (5-17). Occasional festivals are then discussed, when they are to be given and their names. These, too, are concluded with the ṛt-observance (18-24). A eulogy of villages that observe such festivals is given (25-30).

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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India history and geography

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

ṛt.�(EI 9; CII 4), name of the ceremonial bath at the end of a sacrifice. Note: ṛt is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avabhritha in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṛt (अवभृ�).—[-�-ٳ󲹲 Uṇādi-sūtra 2.3]

1) The end or completion of a principal sacrifice; तन्मरणमेवास्यावभृथ� (ٲԳṇa屹ṛt�) B�. Up.3.17.5.

2) Bathing at the end of a principal sacrifice for purification; नावभृथ� सरस्वत्याम� (nāvabhṛtha� sarasvatyām) ٲ.; भुवं कोष्णे� कृण्डोध्नी मेध्येनावभृथादपि (bhuva� koṣṇena kṛṇḍodhnī medhyenāvabhṛthādapi) R.1.84; प्रीत्याश्वमेधावभृथार्द्रमूर्तेः (īٲś屹ṛtūٱ�) 6.61;9.22; 11.31;13.61; Y.3.244; Manusmṛti 11.82.

3) Purification by bathing of the sacrificer and the sacrificial vessels at the end of a sacrifice; अच्छावभृथमोजसा (屹ṛt󲹳Ჹ) ṻ岹 8. 93.23.

4) The water of purification.

5) A supplementary sacrifice to atone for defects in a principal and preceding one; a sacrifice in general; स्नातवत्यवभृथे तत- स्त्वय� (snātavatyavabhṛthe tata- stvayi) Śiśupālavadha 14.1.

Derivable forms: ṛt� (अवभृथः).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛt (अवभृ�).—m.

(-ٳ�) 1. A supplementary sacrifice made to atone for any defects in a principal and preceding one. 2. Bathing after a sacrifice. E. ava, bh� to screen, kthan Unadi aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛt (अवभृ�).—[-� + tha], m. The name of certain ceremonies at the close of a sacrifice, e. g. bathing, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 11, 82.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛt (अवभृ�).—[masculine] bathing after a sacrifice; conclusion, end.

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ṛt (अवभृ�).—[masculine] bathing after a sacrifice; conclusion, end.

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

1) ṛt (अवभृ�):—[=-ṛt] [from -�] m. (once -ṛt, [Atharva-veda ix, 6, 63]) ‘carrying off, removing�, purification or ablution of the sacrificer and sacrificial vessels after a sacrifice, [Ṛg-veda viii, 73, 23, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a supplementary sacrifice (See below) cf. ī屹.

3) Āṛt (आवभृ�):�mfn. belonging to ṛt q.v., [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṛt (अवभृ�):—[-ṛt] (ٳ�) 1. m. A supplementary sacrifice; bathing after sacrifice.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avabhritha in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṛt (ಅವಭೃ�):—[noun] = ಅವಭೃಥಸ್ನಾನ [avabhrithasnana]; 2) the completion of a religious sacrifice.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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