Alternative spellings of this word include Apvartan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Apavartana (अपवर्तन):—[apavartanaṃ] Twisting

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apavartana (अपवर्तन).—

1) Removal, transferring from one place to another; स्थान° (sthāna°).

2) Taking away, depriving one of; न त्यागोऽस्ति द्विषन्त्याश्च न च दायापवर्तनम् (na tyāgo'sti dviṣantyāśca na ca dāyāpavartanam) Manusmṛti 9.79.

3) Abridging, abbreviation.

4) Reducing a fraction to its lowest terms; division without remainder, or the divisor itself.

Derivable forms: apavartanam (अपवर्तनम्).

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Apāvartana (अपावर्तन).—f.

1) Turning away or from, retreating, retiring; repulse, rejection.

2) Revolution.

Derivable forms: apāvartanam (अपावर्तनम्).

See also (synonyms): apāvṛtti.

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

Apavartana (अपवर्तन).—i. e. apa-vṛt + ana, n. 1. Removing. 2. Depriving one of, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 79.

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

1) Apavartana (अपवर्तन):—[=apa-vartana] [from apa-vṛt] n. taking away, removal, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] ademption, [Manu-smṛti ix, 79]

3) [v.s. ...] reduction of a fraction to its lowest terms, division without remainder

4) [v.s. ...] divisor.

5) Apāvartana (अपावर्तन):—[=apā-vartana] [from apā-vṛt] n. turning away or from, retreat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] repulse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Apavartana (अपवर्तन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) 1) Transferring, removing from one place to another; e. g. sthānāpavartana.

2) Taking away, depriving one of; e. g. dāyāpavartana.

3) (In Algebra.) Division without remainder by a common measure, reduction, abridging; e. g. bhājyakṣepāpavartanena ‘through reducing the dividend and additive by the common measure’; or hārakṣepāpavartanena ‘through reducing the divisor and additive by the common measure’. E. vṛt, in the caus., with apa, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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Apāvartana (अपावर्तन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) 1) Turning away or from.

2) Re-treat.

3) Returning. E. vṛt with ā and apa, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Apavartana (अपवर्तन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avavaṭṭaṇa, Avavaṭṭaṇā, Oyattaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apavartana in German

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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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Apavartana (अपवर्तन) [Also spelled apvartan]:—(nm) abduction; regression.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apavartana (ಅಪವರ್ತನ):—

1) [noun] removal and transfer from one place to another.

2) [noun] the act or an instance of seizing and carrying away something; deprivation.

3) [noun] the act of collecting together; gathering; collection.

4) [noun] (math.) any of two or more quantities which form a product when multiplied together; a factor.

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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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Partial matches: Vartana, Apa.

Ends with: Avibhajyaapavartana, Dayapavartana, Nirapavartana, Vyapavartana.

Full-text: Avavattana, Oyattana, Apvartan, Nirapavartana, Apavritti, Dayapavartana, Mahattama, Apavarta, Vivarta, Parivarta.

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