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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhyavaskandana (अभ्यवस्कन्दन).—

1) Vigorously encountering an enemy, impetuous attack, marching against an enemy.

2) Striking so as to disable an enemy.

3) A blow in general.

4) Overtaking, reaching up to.

5) A fall.

Derivable forms: abhyavaskandanam (अभ्यवस्कन्दनम्).

See also (synonyms): abhyavaskanda.

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

Abhyavaskandana (अभ्यवस्कन्दन):—[=abhy-avaskandana] [from abhyava-skand] n. impetuous assault, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Abhyavaskandana (अभ्यवस्कन्दन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) 1) A blow which is given so as to disable an enemy, an impetuous assault.

2) Disabling an enemy by blows, &c.

3) Marching against an enemy [Amarak.: abhyavaskandanaṃ tvabhyāsādanam; Hemach.: …abhyavaskando dhāṭyabhyāsādanam; the comm. on the two words of the Amarak.: 1. Rāyam., Bharatam., Sārasund.: niḥśaktikaraṇāya śacubhirdoyamānaprahāre, Rāman., Nīlak., Padārthak.: niḥśaktikaraṇāya śatrubhiryaḥ prahāro dīyate. 2. Bhanud.: prahārādinā niḥśaktikaraṇasya. 3. Bharatam.: śatrusaṃmukhagamana iti kecit.] E. skand with ava and abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Abhyavaskandana (अभ्यवस्कन्दन):—[abhya+vaskandana] (naṃ) 1. n. Idem.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abhyavaskaṃdana (ಅಭ್ಯವಸ್ಕಂದನ):—

1) [noun] a vigorous march against an enemy; an attack in a big way.

2) [noun] the act of striking as to disable an enemy.

3) [noun] a heavy blow.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Avaskandana.

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