Adyashvina, Adya-shvina, Adyaśvīna: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Adyaśvīna can be transliterated into English as Adyasvina or Adyashvina, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Adyaśvīna (अद्यश्वीन).—a. [adya śvaḥ paradine vā janiṣyate prasoṣyate vā, adya-śvas-kha ṭilopaḥ adyaśvānīvaṣṭabdhe P.V.2.13.] likely to happen to-day or tomorrow, imminent; °नम् मरणम्, °नः वियोगः (nam maraṇam, °naḥ viyogaḥ) Sk. (= āsanna).
-nā a female near delivery (āsannaprasavā); अद्य श्वो वा विजायते इति अद्यश्वीना वडवा (adya śvo vā vijāyate iti adyaśvīnā vaḍavā) Sk.
Adyaśvīna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adya and śvīna (श्वीन).
Adyaśvīna (अद्यश्वीन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Near to any event, at the point of death &c. f.
(-nā) A woman or any female animal near the time of delivery. E. adya, and śva to-morrow. affix kha, what will happen to-day or tomorrow.
1) Adyaśvīna (अद्यश्वीन):—[=a-dya-śvīna] [from a-dya] mfn. likely to happen to-day or (śvas) to-morrow, [Pāṇini 5-2, 13]
2) Adyaśvīnā (अद्यश्वीना):—[=a-dya-śvīnā] [from adya-śvīna > a-dya] f. a female near delivery, [ib.]
Adyaśvīna (अद्यश्वीन):—I. m. f. n.
(-naḥ-nā-nam) What may happen to-day or to-morrow, near to any event, at the point of death &c. Ii. f.
(-nā) A woman or any female animal near the time of delivery. E. adya and śvas, taddh. aff. kha.
Adyaśvīna (अद्यश्वीन):—[adya-śvīna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Near to any event; on the point of death. adya-śvīnā (nā) f. A woman near the time of her delivery.
Adyaśvīna (अद्यश्वीन):—(von adya heute + śvas morgen) adj. f. ā was heute oder morgen erfolgen kann: viyogaḥ, maraṇam [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 13,] [Scholiast] adyaśvīnā (eine Frau oder das Weibchen eines Thieres,) das heute oder morgen von seiner Leibesfrucht befreit werden kann [5, 2, 13.] adyaśvīnā baḍavā Sch.
Adyaśvīna (अद्यश्वीन):—Adj. —
1) was heute oder morgen erfolgen kann. —
2) f. ā unmittelbar vor der Niederkunft sich befindend.
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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