Avakri, Avakṝ, Avakrī, Avākṝ: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Avakṝ and Avākṝ can be transliterated into English as Avakr or Avakri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvakṝ (अवकॄ).—6 P.
1) To bestow, pour upon, to shower upon, cover with, fill; Śiśupālavadha 11.62; (taṃ) अवाकिरन् बाललताः प्रसूनैः (avākiran bālalatāḥ prasūnaiḥ) R.2. 1,4.27; लाजाञ्जलिभिरवकीर्यमाणः (lājāñjalibhiravakīryamāṇaḥ) K.86; Kirātārjunīya 6.2; अवकीर्यो- त्तरीयाणि (avakīryo- ttarīyāṇi) Mb. spreading on the ground; तीर्थानि अवकीर्णानि तपस्विभिः (tīrthāni avakīrṇāni tapasvibhiḥ) Mb. filled with; Y.3.281; Meghadūta 56.
2) To pour out, throw out; सप्तद्वारावकीर्णां च न वाचमनृतां वदेत् (saptadvārāvakīrṇāṃ ca na vācamanṛtāṃ vadet) Ms. 6.48.
3) To shake off, throw off, leave.
4) (Atm.) (Used reflexively) (a) To extend, spread itself; अवकिरते हस्ती स्वयमेव (avakirate hastī svayameva) Sk. (b) To fall asunder. (c) To pass away, fall off. (d) To become faithless or untrue.
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Avakrī (अवक्री).—9 U.
1) To purchase.
2) To let out, hire.
3) To bribe, buy off.
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Avākṝ (अवाकॄ).—6 P.
1) To strew, pour upon; sprinkle with.
2) To ward off, remove; विश्वा द्वेषांसि जहि चाव चा कृघि (viśvā dveṣāṃsi jahi cāva cā kṛghi) Ṛgveda 8.53.4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvakrī (अवक्री).—[Middle] purchase, hire.
Avakrī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and krī (क्री).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avakṛ (अवकृ):—[=ava-√kṛ] (ind. p. -kṛtvā [mukhāny] ava) to direct downwards (as the face), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) Avakṝ (अवकॄ):—[=ava-√kṝ] -kirati ([imperfect tense] avākirat; [indeclinable participle] -kīrya)
2) —to pour out or down, spread, scatter, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] etc.;
2) — ([Potential] -kiret) to spill one’s semen virile, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka] (cf. ava-kīrṇa and rṇin below);
2) —to shake off, throw off, leave, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata];
2) —to bestrew, pour upon, cover with, fill, [Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Passive voice] -kīryate (perf. -cakre, [Mahābhārata iii, 12306], according to, [Pāṇini 3-1, 87] [commentator or commentary] also [Ātmanepada] -kirate [Aorist] avākirṣṭa) to extend in different directions, disperse, pass away, [Mahābhārata etc.];
2) — [Ātmanepada] ([Aorist] 3. [plural] avākīrṣata) to fall off, become faithless, [Pbr.], (cf. ava-√s-kṝ)
3) Avakrī (अवक्री):—[=ava-√krī] only [Ātmanepada] -kriṇīte ([Pāṇini 1-3, 18]; but also [Parasmaipada] [Potential] -krīṇīyāt, [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad], [apa-krīṇīyāt, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv]]; [indeclinable participle] -krīya, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]) to purchase for one’s self hire, bribe.
4) Avākṛ (अवाकृ):—[=avā-√kṛ] (Imper. 2. sg. -kṛdhi) to ward off, remove, [Ṛg-veda viii, 53, 4.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Avakṛ (अवकृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Uvakara.
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