Apidhana, Apidhāna, Apidana: 22 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
apidhāna : (nt.) a cover; lid.
Apidhāna, (nt.) (Vedic apidhāna in same meaning) cover, lid Vin.I, 203, 204; II, 122. See apidahati. (Page 55)
apidhāna (အပိဓာန) [(na) (န)]—
[api+dhā+yu. nīti,dhā.1va6-.]
[အပိ+ဓာ+ယု။ နီတိ၊ဓာ။၁ဝ၆-ကြည့်။]
[Pali to Burmese]
apidhāna—
(Burmese text): အအုပ်၊ အမိုး၊ အပိတ်၊ အဖုံး။
(Auto-Translation): Cover, lid, closure, wrapper.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Apidhāna (अपिधान).—
1) Covering, concealing, concealment.
2) A cover, lid, covering (fig. also); अमृतापिधानमसि स्वाहा (amṛtāpidhānamasi svāhā); नैकजलदच्छत्रापिधानं जगत् (naikajaladacchatrāpidhānaṃ jagat) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.24; a cloth for covering.
Derivable forms: apidhānam (अपिधानम्).
See also (synonyms): pidhāna.
Āpīḍana (आपीडन).—
1) Compressing, squeezing; tying tightly.
2) Embracing, clasping.
3) Giving pain, hurting.
Derivable forms: āpīḍanam (आपीडनम्).
Apidhāna (अपिधान).—n.
(-naṃ) Covering, concealment, disappearance. E. api before dhā to have or hold, and lyuṭ aff. See pidhāna.
Apīḍana (अपीडन).—n.
(-naṃ) Gentleness, kindness, giving pain to nothing. E. a neg. pīḍana paining.
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Āpīḍana (आपीडन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Squeezing, compressing, tying or drawing tightly. 2. Embracing, clasping. 3. Giving pain, hurting. E. āṅ before pīḍa to pain, affix lyuṭ.
Apidhāna (अपिधान).—i. e. api-dhā + ana, n. A cover.
Apidhāna (अपिधान).—[neuter] cover, bar; p. vant.
1) Apidhāna (अपिधान):—[=api-dhāna] [from api-dhā] n. placing upon covering, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] a cover, a cloth for covering, [Ṛg-veda] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] a lid, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] a bar, [Kumāra-sambhava]
1) Apīḍana (अपीडन):—[=a-pīḍana] n. not giving pain, gentleness, kindness.
2) Āpīḍana (आपीडन):—[=ā-pīḍana] [from ā-pīḍ] n. the act of compressing, squeezing, drawing tightly
3) [v.s. ...] embracing, clasping
4) [v.s. ...] hurting, giving pain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Apidhāna (अपिधान):—[tatpurusha compound]
(-nam) 1) Covering, concealment.
2) Any thing that covers, lit. and fig., as a lid of a dish, a cloud which hides the rain &c. Comp. pidhāna. E. dhā with api, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.
Apīḍana (अपीडन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) Gentleness, kindness, giving no pain to any one. Compare the following. E. a neg. and pīḍana.
Apidhāna (अपिधान):—[api-dhāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Covering.
Āpīḍana (आपीडन):—[ā-pīḍana] (naṃ) 1. n. Squeezing; embracing; hurting.
[Sanskrit to German]
Āpīḍana (आपीडन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āvīlaṇa.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Apidāna (ಅಪಿದಾನ):—
1) [noun] act of closing the lid, covering, concealing.
2) [noun] that which closes, covers; a cover; a lid; a curtain; a veil.
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Āpīḍana (ಆಪೀಡನ):—[noun] = ಆಪೀಡ - [apida -] 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pidana, Yu, Dha, A, Api, Ta, Tana, Dhavala.
Starts with: Apidhanavant, Apidhanavat, Apitanam.
Full-text: Vamapidana, Apidhanavat, Pattapidhana, Panhipidhana, Amritapidhana, Apitanam, Shilapidhana, Apidhani, Pidhana, Avilana, Apidayat, Apidhanavant, Apidaya, Apidahati, Aposhana, Apidha, Aparavidya, Api.
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