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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apavah (अपवह्).—1 P.

1) To carry off or away, bear off or away; अपोवाह च वासोऽस्या मारुतः (apovāha ca vāso'syā mārutaḥ) Mb. (pradyumnaṃ) अपोवाह रणा- त्सूतः (apovāha raṇā- tsūtaḥ) Bhāgavata 1.76.27.

2) To drive away, disperse, dispel, remove, take away; अमी जनस्थानमपोढविघ्नं मत्वा (amī janasthānamapoḍhavighnaṃ matvā) R. 13.22 freed from obstacles; अथानपोढार्गलमप्यगारम् (athānapoḍhārgalamapyagāram) (praviṣṭām) 16.6 the bolts of which were not removed or unchained; तदुच्छिष्टमपोह्य (taducchiṣṭamapohya) Daśakumāracarita 133.

3) To give up, relinquish, leave, abandon, cast off; शमिततापमपोढमहीरजः (śamitatāpamapoḍhamahīrajaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 6.33; संभ्रमोऽभवदपोढकर्मणाम् (saṃbhramo'bhavadapoḍhakarmaṇām) (ṛtvijām) R.11.25; तद्भक्त्यपोढपितृराज्य- महाभिषेके (tadbhaktyapoḍhapitṛrājya- mahābhiṣeke) (mūrdhani) 13.7 thrown away; Daśakumāracarita 67; दिव्येन शून्यं वलयेन बाहुमपोढनेपथ्यविधिर्ददर्श (divyena śūnyaṃ valayena bāhumapoḍhanepathyavidhirdadarśa) R.16.73 before he had commenced his toilet.

4) To deduct, subtract. -Caus.

1) To carry off, remove, carry or draw to a distance, take away; मलयकेतुरपवाहितः (malayaketurapavāhitaḥ) Mu.1,3; कलत्रम् (kalatram) 2; इमां मया सार्धमपवाह्य (imāṃ mayā sārdhamapavāhya) M.5; अपवाह्य च्छलाद् वीरौ किमर्थं मामिहाऽहरः (apavāhya cchalād vīrau kimarthaṃ māmihā'haraḥ) Bk. 8.86.

2) To chase or drive away, expel; हृतसर्वस्वतया अपवाहितः (hṛtasarvasvatayā apavāhitaḥ) Daśakumāracarita 47,59.

3) To reduce to powder, pulverize.

4) To cause to carry the yoke; गामिव नासिकां विद्धूवाप- वाहयति (gāmiva nāsikāṃ viddhūvāpa- vāhayati) Mṛcchakaṭika 8.

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

Apavah (अपवह्).—carry or drive away (also [Causative]); take off, remove, give up.

Apavah is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and vah (वह्).

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

Apavah (अपवह्):—[=apa-√vah] to carry off;

—to deduct;

—to give up:—[Causal] -vāhayati, to have (something) carried off or taken away;

—to drive away, [Daśakumāra-carita; Pañcatantra]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apavah (अपवह्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avavaha.

context information

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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Partial matches: Vah, Apa.

Starts with: Apavaha, Apavahaka, Apavahana, Apavahati, Apavahi, Apavahika, Apavahinara, Apavahita, Apavahya.

Ends with: Pratyapavah, Vyapavah.

Full-text: Avavaha, Apodha, Apavahana, Vyapavah, Apavahaka, Apavahya, Pratyapavah, Apohana, Apavaha, Apa.

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