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Avakri, Avak�, Avaī, Avāk�: 4 definitions

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Avakri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 terms Avak� and Avāk� can be transliterated into English as Avakr or Avakri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avak� (अवकॄ).�6 P.

1) To bestow, pour upon, to shower upon, cover with, fill; Śiśupālavadha 11.62; (ٲ�) अवाकिरन् बाललता� प्रसूनैः (avākiran bālalatā� prasūnai�) R.2. 1,4.27; लाजाञ्जलिभिरवकीर्यमाण� (ñᲹ󾱰īⲹṇa�) K.86; Kirātārjunīya 6.2; अवकीर्यो- त्तरीयाणि (avakīryo- ttarīyāṇi) Mb. spreading on the ground; तीर्थानि अवकीर्णानि तपस्विभि� (tīrthāni avakīrṇāni tapasvibhi�) Mb. filled with; Y.3.281; Meghadūta 56.

2) To pour out, throw out; सप्तद्वारावकीर्णा� � � वाचमनृता� वदेत� (saptadvārāvakīrṇāṃ ca na vācamanṛtā� vadet) Ms. 6.48.

3) To shake off, throw off, leave.

4) (Atm.) (Used reflexively) (a) To extend, spread itself; अवकिरत� हस्ती स्वयमे� (avakirate hastī svayameva) Sk. (b) To fall asunder. (c) To pass away, fall off. (d) To become faithless or untrue.

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Avaī (अवक्री).�9 U.

1) To purchase.

2) To let out, hire.

3) To bribe, buy off.

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Avāk� (अवाक�).�6 P.

1) To strew, pour upon; sprinkle with.

2) To ward off, remove; विश्वा द्वेषांस� जह� चा� चा कृघि (viśvā dveṣāṃsi jahi cāva cā kṛghi) ṻ岹 8.53.4.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avaī (अवक्री).—[Middle] purchase, hire.

Avaī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and ī (क्री).

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

1) Avak� (अवकृ):—[=-√k�] (ind. p. -kṛtvā [mukhāny] ava) to direct downwards (as the face), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) Avak� (अवकॄ):—[=-√k�] -kirati ([imperfect tense] ; [indeclinable participle] -īⲹ)

2) —to pour out or down, spread, scatter, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] etc.;

2) � ([Potential] -kiret) to spill one’s semen virile, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka] (cf. -īṇa and ṇi below);

2) —to shake off, throw off, leave, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata];

2) —to bestrew, pour upon, cover with, fill, [Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Passive voice] -īⲹte (perf. -cakre, [Mahābhārata iii, 12306], according to, [Pāṇini 3-1, 87] [commentator or commentary] also [Ātmanepada] -kirate [Aorist] 쾱ṣṭ) to extend in different directions, disperse, pass away, [Mahābhārata etc.];

2) � [Ātmanepada] ([Aorist] 3. [plural] īṣaٲ) to fall off, become faithless, [Pbr.], (cf. -√s-�)

3) Avaī (अवक्री):—[=ava-√�] only [Ātmanepada] -ṇīt ([Pāṇini 1-3, 18]; but also [Parasmaipada] [Potential] -īṇīyāt, [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad], [apa-īṇīyāt, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv]]; [indeclinable participle] -īya, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]) to purchase for one’s self hire, bribe.

4) Avāk� (अवाक�):—[=-√k�] (Imper. 2. sg. -ṛd) to ward off, remove, [Ṛg-veda viii, 53, 4.]

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avak� (अवकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvakara.

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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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