Alternative spellings of this word include Apavachana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Apavacana (अपवचन).—Speaking ill; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.

Derivable forms: apavacanam (अपवचनम्).

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Apavācana (अपवाचन).—Act of speaking away or warning off, removing.

Derivable forms: apavācanam (अपवाचनम्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apavācana (अपवाचन):—[=apa-vācana] [from apa-vaktṛ] n. See an-apavācana.

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

Apavācana (अपवाचन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) (Probably) Removing, defeating (ved.); ārtiranapavācanā ‘sickness which cannot be removed’; (comp. the meaning of apavaktṛ). E. vac, in the caus., with apa, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Apavācana (अपवाचन):—(von vac im caus. mit apa) n. das Wegsprechen, Abwehren; s. anapa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Apavācana (अपवाचन):—n. in anapa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Apavacana (अपवचन) [Also spelled apvachan]:—(nm) slander, calumny.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

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Nepali dictionary

Apavacana (अपवचन):—n. speaking ill; abuse; slander; calumny;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Vacana, Apa.

Full-text: Anapavacana, Apvachan, Apavaktar.

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