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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhisvar (अभिस्वर्).—f. (or n. according to some) [अभितः स्वः स्वरणशब्दो यस्य (abhitaḥ svaḥ svaraṇaśabdo yasya)] Ved.

1) Invocation, calling into one's presence; अभिस्वरा निषदा गा (abhisvarā niṣadā gā) Ṛgveda 2.21.53; 3.45.2.

2) A song or hymn of praise.

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

Abhisvar (अभिस्वर्).—[feminine] calling, invocation.

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Abhisvar (अभिस्वर्).—chime in.

Abhisvar is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and svar (स्वर्).

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

Abhisvar (अभिस्वर्):—[=abhi-svar] [from abhi-svṛ] f. ([instrumental case] -svarā) invocation, [Ṛg-veda ii, 21, 5 and viii, 97, 12]

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

Abhisvar (अभिस्वर्):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-svaḥ) (ved.)

1) Praising, a hymn, an economiastic song; e. g. Ṛgv.: abhisvarā niṣadā gā avasyava indre hinvānā draviṇānyāśata (Sāyaṇa: abhisvarā . abhitaḥ svaraḥ svaraṇaṃ śabdanaṃ yasya tena stotreṇa); or Sāmav., Ṛgv.: nemiṃ namanti cakṣasā meṣaṃ viprā abhisvare (Sāyaṇa: abhisvare abhisvaraṇāya stotrāya; Ṛgv. v. l.: abhisvarā).

2) Invocation, the calling near, the urging to one’s presence; e. g. Ṛgv., Sāmav.: sthātā rathasya haryorabhisvara indro dṛhLā cidārujaḥ (Sāy.: haryoraśvayorabhisvare’smadābhimukhyena preraṇe nimittabhūte sati i. e. the calling his horses towards us being the motive of Indra’s mounting his chariot, or ‘he mounts his chariot for the purpose (dative) of urging the horses to our presence’). [The Ṛgv. Prātiś. notices the unchanged condition of s in this compound.] E. svṛ with abhi, kṛt aff. vic. (The first explanation of Sāyaṇa which apparently represents the word as a [bahuvrihi compound] n. of abhi and svar can be scarcely correct, since abhisvar is udātta on the last syllable; his subsequent gloss is therefore preferable; the dative abhisvare is udātta on the last syllable according to Pāṇ. Vi. 1. 168. and need not be referred, therefore, to a base abhisvara for which there is no authority.)

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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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Partial matches: Svar, Abhi.

Starts with: Abhisvara, Abhisvare, Abhisvarita, Abhisvartar, Abhisvartri.

Full-text: Abhisvare.

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