Avadhvams, Avadhvaṃs: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvadhvaṃs (अवध्वंस्).—1 A.
1) To apply oneself to, set about.
2) To strew over, scatter, spread; ध्वान्तं तमोऽव दध्वसे (dhvāntaṃ tamo'va dadhvase) Ṛgveda 9.993.7. चूर्णैरवध्वंसते (cūrṇairavadhvaṃsate) Sk. -Caus.
1) To cast down.
2) To strew over.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvadhvaṃs (अवध्वंस्).—[Middle] be scattered or dispersed.
Avadhvaṃs is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and dhvaṃs (ध्वंस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvadhvaṃs (अवध्वंस्):—[=ava-√dhvaṃs] [Ātmanepada] (perf. -dadhvase) to be scattered or dispersed, [Ṛg-veda x, 113, 7];
— -dhvaṃsate, to sprinkle, strew with ([instrumental case]), [Pāṇini 3-1, 25; Siddhānta-kaumudī] :—[Causal] -dhvaṃsayati idem, [Pāṇini 3-i, 25 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Avadhvaṃs (अवध्वंस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Oddhaṃsa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Starts with: Avadhvamsa.
Full-text: Oddhamsa, Avadhvasta, Avadhvamsa.
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