Apavahana, Apavāhana: 7 definitions
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Apavahana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Apvahan.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApavāhana (अपवाहन).—
1) Taking or carrying away, removal; Daśakumāracarita 41; स्वराष्ट्रं वासयेद्राजा परदेशापवाहनात् (svarāṣṭraṃ vāsayedrājā paradeśāpavāhanāt) H.3. v. l. bearing away men from other countries; See अभिष्यन्द (abhiṣyanda).
2) Deduction, subtraction (as of fractions).
3) Name of a metre.
Derivable forms: apavāhanam (अपवाहनम्).
See also (synonyms): apavāha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryApavāhana (अपवाहन).—i. e. apa-vah + ana (vb. vah), n. Removal, [Daśakumāracarita] in
1) Apavāhana (अपवाहन):—[=apa-vāhana] [from apa-vah] n. carrying off, [Hitopadeśa; Daśakumāra-carita]
2) [v.s. ...] subtraction.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApavāhana (अपवाहन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) (In Arithm.) The same as apavāha 1.; e. g. jānāsyaṃśānubandhaṃ cettathā bhāgāpavāhanam ‘if thou knowest the addition and subtraction of fractions’. [In the passage of the Hitopad. ed. Schlegel and Lassen: svarāṣṭraṃ vāsayedrājā paradeśāpavāhanāt, the ed. of Johnson reads the latter word paradeśāpahāraṇāt.] E. vah in the caus., with apa, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryApavahana (अपवहन) [Also spelled apvahan]:—(nm) drift; (the act or process of) drifting.
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Ends with: Bhagapavahana.
Full-text: Apavaha, Apvahan, Bhagapavahana, Vaksamtakshana, Lokopakroshana, Apaharana.
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