Ahibhaya, Ahi-bhaya: 7 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAhibhaya (अहिभय).—
1) the fear of a lurking snake.
2) apprehension of treachery, danger arising from one's own allies; °दा (dā) [अहिं भयं द्यति खण्डयति दो क (ahiṃ bhayaṃ dyati khaṇḍayati do ka)] Name of the plant भूम्यामलकी (bhūmyāmalakī) (Mar. bhuyaāṃvaḷī).
Derivable forms: ahibhayam (अहिभयम्).
Ahibhaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ahi and bhaya (भय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAhibhaya (अहिभय).—n.
(-yaṃ) Mistrust or apprehension of treachery. E. ahi and bhaya fear; fear of a lurking snake as it were.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAhibhaya (अहिभय):—[=ahi-bhaya] [from ahi] n. ‘fear of a lurking snake’, a king’s apprehension of treachery, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAhibhaya (अहिभय):—[ahi-bhaya] (yaṃ) 1. n. Mistrust.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusAhibhaya (ಅಹಿಭಯ):—
1) [noun] an excessive fear of snakes.
2) [noun] a fear of betrayal or treachery.
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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Starts with: Ahibhayada.
Full-text: Ahibhayada, Ahilolika.
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