Introduction

Alternative spellings of this word include Abhiruchi.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

abhiruci : (f.) wish; longing.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Abhiruci, (f.) (Sk. abhiruci, fr. abhi + ruc) delight, longing, pleasure, satisfaction PvA.168 (= ajjhāsaya). (Page 68)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

abhirūci (अभिरूचि).—f S Relish or taste for; fondness for; delight in.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

abhiruci (अभिरुचि).—f Desire, taste, relish.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि).—f.

1) Desire, taste, liking, relish, delight, pleasure; यशसि चाभिरुचिः (yaśasi cābhiruciḥ) Bh.2.63; (v l. abhiratiḥ) परस्पराभिरुचिनिष्पन्नो विवाहः (parasparābhiruciniṣpanno vivāhaḥ) K.367.

2) Desire of fame, ambition; splendour.

Derivable forms: abhiruciḥ (अभिरुचिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि).—f.

(-ciḥ) 1. Ambition, desire of fame. 2. Desire in general. 3. Taste, relish. 4. Splendour. E. abhi, and ruci light.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि).—[abhi-ruc + i], f. Delight, desire, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 53.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि).—[feminine] delight in ([locative] —°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि):—[=abhi-ruci] [from abhi-ruc] f. delighting in, being pleased with ([locative case] or in [compound]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ciḥ) 1) Desire, relish or taste for, pleasure, delight; e. g. Hītop.: varaṃ prāṇatyāgo na ca piśunavākyeṣvabhiruciḥ (ed. Schlegel-Lassen: piśunavādeṣvabhiratiḥ); or Śihlana: …bhaikṣe cābhirucirdhaneṣu viratiḥ śaśvatsamādhau ratiḥ (i. e. finding pleasure in living upon alms &c.).

2) Ambition, a strong desire; e. g. Hitop.: …yaśasi cābhirucirvyasanaṃ śrutau prakṛtisiddhamidaṃ hi mahātmanām.

3) Splendour(?). E. 1. ruc, with abhi, kṛt aff. ik (Mādh. Dhātuvr. on ruci in reference to Pāṇ. Iii. 3. 108. v. 8.); 2. abhi and ruci.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि):—[abhi-ruci] (ciḥ) f. Taste; ambition; splendor.

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि):—(von ruc mit abhi) f. Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit: yaśasi [Bhartṛhari 2, 53.] [?= Hitopadeśa I, 28.] bhaikṣe [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 3, 12.]

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Abhiruci (अभिरुचि):—lies Gefallen an (loc.) und füge hinzu: piśunavākyeṣu [Spr. 2750.] dāṃpatye [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 2, 3.] annābhi Appetit [Suśruta 2, 136, 9.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि):—f. Gefallen an (Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend) [Kād. (1872)] II , [140,23.]

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Abhiruci (अभिरुचि) [Also spelled abhiruchi]:—(nf) taste, liking.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ruci, Abhi.

Starts with: Abhirucira, Abhirucita, Abhirucitaka.

Ends with: Annabhiruci.

Full-text: Abhirati, Abhiruc.

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