Adhovasha, Adhovaśa, Adhas-vasha: 5 definitions

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Adhovasha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Adhovaśa can be transliterated into English as Adhovasa or Adhovasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhovaśa (अधोवश).—Pudendum Muliebre.

Derivable forms: adhovaśaḥ (अधोवशः).

Adhovaśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhas and vaśa (वश).

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

Adhovaśa (अधोवश).—m.

(-śaḥ) 1. Bottom of a thing. 2. Pudendum muliebre. E. adhas, and vaśa dependance.

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

Adhovaśa (अधोवश):—[=adho-vaśa] [from adhas] m. pudendum muliebre.

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

Adhovaśa (अधोवश):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-śaḥ) 1) The bottom of a thing.

2) Pu-dendum muliebre. E. adhas and vaśa.

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

Adhovaśa (अधोवश):—[adho+vaśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Bottom.

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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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