Abhivanya, Abhivānyā: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhivānyā (अभिवान्या).—Ved. A cow suckling an adopted calf.

See also (synonyms): abhivānyavatsā.

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

1) Abhivānyā (अभिवान्या):—[=abhi-vānyā] [from abhi-van] a ([Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]) (or abhivānya-vatsā or apivānya-vatsā) f. cow who suckles an adopted calf (cf. also ni-vānyā, etc.)

2) [=abhi-vānyā] b See abhi-√van.

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

Abhivānyā (अभिवान्या):—[bahuvrihi compound] f.

(-nyā) (ved.) A cow who (has lost her own calf and) suckles another; comp. abhivānyavatsā). The word occurs in the Mānava Kalpa Sūtras where it is rendered by Kumārila vivatsā, and twice in a quotation of Mādhava's Jaiminīyanyāyam. from a passage referring to the Mahāpitṛyajna: mahāpitṛyajña evaṃ śrūyate . pitṛbhyogniṣvāttebhyobhivānyāyai dugdhe manthamiti; when Mādhava says on one occasion: atra vatsarahitāyā abhivānyāśabdābhidheyāyā dhenvā dugdhe &c. and on another: mṛtavatsā dhenurabhivānyā &c.; but while all the Mss. of this work within my reach coincide in reading abhiºº, the corresponding passage in Weber's ed. of Śatap. Ii. 6. 1. 6. runs: atha pitṛbhyogniṣvāttebhyaḥ . nivānyāyai dugdhe sakṛdupamathita ekaśalākayā mantho bhavati, and the E. I. H. Ms. 657 of Sāyaṇa's (Mādhava's) comm. of the Śatap. has also the reading nivānyā without any further remark. It is probable, however, that the quotation of the Jaiminīyanyāyam. belongs to a school of the black Yajurveda and that abhivānyā and the reading of the Śatapathabr. nivānyā are synonymous terms. Comp. abhivānyavatsā. E. doubtful, perhaps abhivā and anya.

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