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Avashiro, Avāśiro: 1 definition

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Avashiro 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 term Avāśiro can be transliterated into English as Avasiro or Avashiro, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avashiro in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Avāśiro (अवाशिर�).�adj. n. sg. m. (or could be adv., acc. sg. nt.; = Pali avaṃsira(s), avasira(s), Sanskrit avākśiras), head downwards, headlong: Ѳ屹ٳ iii.454.6 = 457.4 atha (457.4 mā; so Senart; mss. apparently lack any such word, except that one reads nā in 457.4) ghorarūpa� naraka� prapatiṣye avāśiro (so clearly the mss. read or intend; vv.ll. avāraśiro, avaśiro, unmetrical(ly); Senart em. ś).

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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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