Abhihara, Abhihāra: 15 definitions
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India history and geography
Abhihāra.—(CII 1), a reward. Note: abhihāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
abhihāra : (m.) bringing near; offering.
Abhihāra, (fr. abhiharati) bringing, offering, gift S.I, 82; Sn.710; J.I, 81 (āsanâ). (Page 72)
abhihāra (အဘိဟာရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[abhi+hara+ṇa]
[အဘိ+ဟရ+ဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
abhihāra—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ဆောင်-ယူ-ခဲ့ခြင်း။ (ခ) ဆောင်-ယူ-ခဲ့ခြင်း။ ကပ်ခြင်း၊ ဆက်ကပ်ခြင်း။ (ဂ) ပူဇော်-လှူဒါန်း-ခြင်း။ (၂) ရှေးရှူမျက်မှောက်အားဖြင့်-ဆောင်-ယူ-ခဲ့အပ်သော-ပေး-ပို့-ဆက်သ-လှူဒါန်း-အပ်သောအရာ။ (က) ဆုလာဘ်၊ (ခ) လက်ဆောင်ပဏ္ဏာ၊ ပူဇော်-လှူဒါန်း-ဖွယ်ဝတ္ထု၊ ရာလုံး-ထောင်လုံး-ချီ၍ လှူဒါန်းအပ်သော ဒေယျဓမ္မဝတ္ထု။ (ဂ) လက်ဆောင်ဖြင့် ပူဇော်ခြင်း။ (ဃ) ပို့ဆောင်-ဆက်သ-လှူဒါန်း-အပ်သော အရာ။ (င) အတိရေက လာဘ်မျိုး၌ ပါဝင်သော ဆွမ်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Taking and receiving. (b) Taking and receiving. Attachment, connection. (c) Offering and donating. (2) According to ancient tradition - items that are to be taken and received - items to be offered and donated. (a) Rewards, (b) Gifts, reverent items for offering, items to be donated that exceed one thousand. (c) Offering with gifts. (d) Items to be sent and donated. (e) Offerings included in the types of benefits.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Abhihara (अभिहर).—Carrying off, removing.
Derivable forms: abhiharaḥ (अभिहरः).
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Abhihāra (अभिहार).—
1) Carrying away, robbing, stealing.
2) An attack, assault.
3) Arming oneself, taking up arms.
4) Mingling together, mixture.
5) An effort.
6) A drunkard; drinker of smoking drinks.
7) Bringing near; तस्याभिहारं कुर्याच्च (tasyābhihāraṃ kuryācca) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.69.37. cf. अभिहारोऽ- भियोगे च चौर्ये संनहनेऽपि च (abhihāro'- bhiyoge ca caurye saṃnahane'pi ca) Nm.
Derivable forms: abhihāraḥ (अभिहारः).
Abhihāra (अभिहार).—(m.; to Sanskrit abhiharati; = Pali id., not recorded in this sense in Sanskrit; compare abhisāra), offering, gift, present: Mahāvastu iii.387.18; (gandhamālyādy)abhihāreṇa Jātakamālā 207.17.
Abhihāra (अभिहार).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. Robbing, seizing any thing in the owner’s presence. 2. A brisk attack. 3. Arming, taking up arms. E. abhi before hṛ to take, and ghañ aff.
Abhihāra (अभिहार).—i. e. abhi-hṛ + a, m. 1. Seizing. 2. Robbing. 3. Attack. 4. Arming.
1) Abhihara (अभिहर):—[=abhi-hara] a etc. See abhi-√hṛ.
2) [=abhi-hara] [from abhi-hṛ] b mfn. (ifc.) carrying off, removing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Abhihāra (अभिहार):—[=abhi-hāra] [from abhi-hṛ] m. bringing near, [Patañjali] (cf. ābhi-hārika)
4) [v.s. ...] robbing, seizing anything (in the owner’s presence), [Mahābhārata xiii, 3047]
5) [v.s. ...] brisk attack, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] effort, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] arming, taking up arms, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] mingling together, [Caraka etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] offering, sacrifice, [Jātakamālā]
Abhihāra (अभिहार):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-raḥ) 1) Seizing or robbing any thing in the owner’s presence (Amarak., Jaṭādh.: = abhigrahaṇa; see the following meaning).
2) Robbing or stealing, in general; (Amarak., Med., Hem., Ajayap., Śabdaratnāv. &c.: = caurya; Bharata: abhimukhagrahaṇe sarvato grahaṇe ca); e. g. Śāntip. Mahābh.: ye guptāścaiva durgāśca deśāsteṣu praveśayet . dhanino balamukhyāṃśca sāntvayitvā punaḥ punaḥ . sasyābhihāraṃ kuryācca svayameva narādhipaḥ.
3) Attack, assault (Amarak., Bharata: Med. &c.: = abhiyoga; Rāmāsr.: abhigamyākramaṇamabhiyogaḥ; ‘approaching out of desire to do injury’ apacikīrṣayābhigamyākramaṇam).
4) Strenuous effort, exertion (;accord. to Mathureśās explan. of abhiyoga in the Amarak.: = udyoga; and Hem. nān.: = udyama; for the verse 4. 235. in the latter runs, according to the best Mss. thus: abhihāraḥ saṃnahane caurikodyamayorapi; the last words being in the room of the absurd lesson of the Calc. ed.: …cauryamadyapayorapi, according to which the word would mean instead of ‘exertion’, ‘a wine-drinker!’).
5) Arming, taking up an armour or arms in general (Amarak. &c. &c.: saṃnahana or saṃnāha; Bharata: = saṃnāhagrahaṇam . khaḍgakavacādigrahaṇamityanye).
6) Mingling together, intermixture; e. g. Sāṅkhyakār.: (things may be imperceptible) …saukṣmyādvyavadhānādabhibhavātsamānābhihārācca (Vijnānāch.: samānābhihāraḥ sajātīyasaṃvalanam . yathā māhiṣagavyamiśraṇānmāhiṣatvāgrahaṇāditi). E. hṛ with abhi, kṛt aff. ghañ.
1) Abhihāra (अभिहार):—[abhi-hāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Robbing; attack; taking up alms.
2) Abhihara (अभिहर):—[abhi-hara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Removing, destroying.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Abhihāra (ಅಭಿಹಾರ):—
1) [noun] the carrying away of another’s property by force; the act of plundering; robbery.
2) [noun] an attack; a hostile offensive action; onslaught.
3) [noun] a preparation for a war or attack; arming oneself; a taking up of arms.
4) [noun] the act of pushing.
5) [noun] the act of mixing different things together.
6) [noun] a try, esp. a hard try; an attempt; an endeavour; an effort.
7) [noun] the quality of being ruthless; lack of pity or compassion.
8) [noun] a person who often gets drunk; an inebriate; a drunkard.
9) [noun] act of bring close.
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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