Avatamsaka, Ava峁璦峁僺aka, 础惫补迟补峁僺补办补: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)础惫补迟补峁僺补办补 (啶呧さ啶む啶膏) is the name of a 肠补迟耻峁补诲颈 metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhra峁兣沘 bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonu艣腻sana, Kavidarpa峁嘺, V峁泃taj腻tisamuccaya and Svayambh奴chandas.鈥敶”共钩俨贯箖s补办补 has 22 尘腻迟谤腻蝉 in each of their four lines, made up with 1 肠补迟耻谤尘腻迟谤补, 1 辫补帽肠补尘腻迟谤补, 2 肠补迟耻谤尘腻迟谤补s of the Yaga峁嘺 (ISI) type and one 辫补帽肠补尘腻迟谤补 of the Yaga峁嘺 (ISS) type.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAva峁璦峁僺aka, (= va峁�) see Vin Texts II. 347. (Page 82)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础惫补迟补峁僺补办补 (啶呧さ啶む啶膏).鈥擜n ear-ornament, an ornament in general; 啶呧ざ啷嬥啶膏啶むが啶曕啶ㄠ啶� 啶︵た啶權啶啶栢じ啷嵿く啶距さ啶む啶膏啶 (a艣okastabakeneva di峁卪ukhasy腻vata峁僺akam) V.5.3; 啶啶班ぞ啶膏ぞ啶︵ぞ啶熰啶熰ぞ- 啶掂い啶傕じ啶曕ぞ (pr腻s腻d腻峁弓腻- vata峁僺ak腻) (濒补峁卥腻) R腻m.
Derivable forms: 补惫补迟补峁僺补办补岣� (啶呧さ啶む啶膏啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary础惫补迟补峁僺补办补 (啶呧さ啶む啶膏).鈥�m. or nt., fig. a large number, collection: buddh腻va掳 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 162.26; 401.14; 础惫补诲腻苍补-艣补迟补办补 i.87.9.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary础惫补迟补峁僺补办补 (啶呧さ啶む啶膏).鈥擺avata峁僺a + ka], m. and n. An ear-ring, [Vikramorva艣墨, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 141.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary础惫补迟补峁僺补办补 (啶呧さ啶む啶膏).鈥擺masculine] the same, as adj. ([feminine] 蝉颈办腻) crowned with (鈥斅�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 础惫补迟补峁僺补办补 (啶呧さ啶む啶膏):鈥擺=补惫补-迟补峁僺补办补] [from 补惫补-迟补峁僺补] mn. (ifc. f 腻), idem, [R腻m腻ya峁嘺 etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Buddhist text.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus础惫补迟补峁僺补办补 (嗖呧驳嗖む矀嗖膏矔):鈥擺noun] = 嗖呧驳嗖む矀嗖� [avatamsa].
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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Partial matches: Ava.
Starts with: Avatamsaka Realm, Avatamsaka Sutra.
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