Abhyardha: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhyardha (अभ्यर्ध).—a. Ved.
1) Being on this side.
2) Near.
3) Increasing.
-rdham Nearness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhyardha (अभ्यर्ध):—[=abhy-ardha] [from abhy-ard] m. only (e) [locative case] ind. opposite to, in the face of ([ablative]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhyardha (अभ्यर्ध):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-rdhaḥ-rdhā-rdham) (ved.)
1) The same as abhyarṇṇa; e. g. Śatapath.: sa vā abhyardha ivetarābhya āhutibhyo juhoti (Sāy.: itarābhyaḥ pradhānāhutibhyaḥ sakāśādabhyardha iti saṃnihitapradeśa eva na tāsāṃ sthāne); or ukthaṃ hi purorugṛgghi purorugṛgghyukthaṃ sāma grahotha yadanyajjapati tadyajustā haitā abhyardha evāgna ṛgbhya āsurabhyardho yajurbhyobhyardhaḥ sāmabhyaḥ.
2) Increasing, making prosperous. See the following. E. 1. Probably ardh (in the sense of ard to go), 2. ṛdh, with abhi, kṛt aff. ac.
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Partial matches: Ardha.
Starts with: Abhyardham, Abhyardhas, Abhyardhayajvan.
Full-text: Abhyardhas, Abhyardhayajvan, Apyardham, Abhyardham, Ardha, Apyardha, Yajvan.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 6.50.5 < [Sukta 50]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa II, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Second Kāṇḍa]