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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhovadana (अधोवदन).—a. having the face downwards; °खी तिष्ठति (khī tiṣṭhati); °खैः पत्रिभिः (khaiḥ patribhiḥ) R.3.37.

2) head-long, precipitate, flying downwards.

3) upside down, topsyturvy.

-khaḥ Name of Viṣṇu.

-khā, -khī Name of a plant गोजिह्वा (gojihvā).

-kham (nakṣatram)

Adhovadana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhas and vadana (वदन). See also (synonyms): adhomukha.

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

Adhovadana (अधोवदन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Down-looked. See adhomukha.

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

Adhovadana (अधोवदन):—[=adho-vadana] [from adhas] mfn. = adho-mukha.

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

Adhovadana (अधोवदन):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-naḥ-nā-nam) . The same as adhomukha q. v. E. adhas and vadana.

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

Adhovadana (अधोवदन):—[adho+vadana] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Downcast.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adhovadana in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Adho, Vadana, Adhas, Ato.

Starts with: Adhovadanashayana.

Full-text: Adhomukha.

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