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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhiramya (अभिरम्य).—(Pali allegedly abhiramma, Maung Tin, see Critical Pali Dictionary; Ap. ahiramma, Jacobi, Bhav.; see an-, nir- abhi°), pleasing: Lalitavistara 187.10—11 sarvamanāpāni copa- saṃhartavyāni viṣayābhiramyāṇi; Tibetan yul ñams dgaḥ ba thams cad ni sbyor cig, apparently making viṣaya (yul) subject of upasaṃhartavyāni, and not translating abhi°. The sense must apparently be all-mind-charming and pleasing objects of sense are to be collected (prepared, for the prince to enjoy); yathābhiramyam (= Pali yathā- bhirantam), adv., as long as is agreeable: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.87.19.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Abhiramya (अभिरम्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ahiramma.

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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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Ends with: Anabhiramya, Nirabhiramya.

Full-text: Ahiramma, Anabhiramya.

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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

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