Apasavyavat: 3 definitions
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Apasavyavat 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApasavyavat (अपसव्यवत्).—a. Wearing the sacred thread over the right sholder; आवाहनाग्नौकरणरहितं ह्यपसव्यवत् (āvāhanāgnaukaraṇarahitaṃ hyapasavyavat) Y.1.251.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryApasavyavat (अपसव्यवत्):—[=apasavya-vat] [from apa-savya] mfn. having the sacred thread over the right shoulder, [Yājñavalkya i, 250.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApasavyavat (अपसव्यवत्):—m. f. n. (-vān-vatī-vat) With the sacrificial cord worn over the right shoulder (see apasavya I. 2.); as a Śrāddha at the performance of which it is worn. E. apasavya, taddh. aff. matup.
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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