Avaci, Avācī: 9 definitions

Introduction:

Avaci means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Tamil. 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 Avachi.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

avācī (अवाची).—f S The south quarter. avācīna a S Southern.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

avācī (अवाची).—f The south quarter.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaci (अवचि).—3 P.

1) To worship, honour, respect.

2) (5 U.) To gather, pick up, pluck (with two acc.); गता स्यादवचिन्वाना कुसुमान्याश्रमद्रुमान् (gatā syādavacinvānā kusumānyāśramadrumān) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.1 वृक्षमवचिनोति फलानि (vṛkṣamavacinoti phalāni) Sk.

3) To take off.

4) To let down behind, to open (one's cloak).

6) To examine, select; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.

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

Avaci (अवचि).—gather, pick off (*2 [accusative]), take off (a garment).

Avaci is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and ci (चि).

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

1) Avaci (अवचि):—[=ava-ci] 1. ava-√1. ci (p. -cinvat, [Mahābhārata iii, 13151]; [indeclinable participle] -icitya; [Infinitive mood] -cetum, [Kathāsaritsāgara])

—to gather, collect (as fruits from a tree, vṛkṣam phalāni [double [accusative]] [Pāṇini 1-4, 51.; Kāśikā-vṛtti]);

— (p.[feminine] -cinvatī), to draw back or open one’s garment, [Ṛg-veda iii, 61, 4.]

2) [=ava-ci] 2. ava-√2. ci (3. [plural] -cinvanti) to examine, [Mahābhārata iii, 10676 [sequens]]

3) Avāci (अवाचि):—[=avā-√ci] -cinoti (= bhogena uyayi-karoti [commentator or commentary]) to dissipate what is accumulated, use up, [Mahābhārata xii, 5952.]

4) Avācī (अवाची):—[from avāñc] f. (without diś) the southern quarter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Avaci (अवचि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avaci, Avaciṇa.

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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.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

1) Avaci (अवचि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Apaci.

2) Avaci (अवचि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Avaci.

2) Avaci has the following synonyms: Avaciṇa.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avāci (ಅವಾಚಿ):—[noun] the direction to the left of a person facing the sunset; direction of the South Pole from any other point on the earth’s surface; the south.

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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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Avaci (அவசி) noun Indian ipecacuanha. See நச்சறுப்பான். [nacharuppan.] (தைலவருக்கச்சுருக்கம் தைல. [thailavarukkachurukkam thaila.] 72.)

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Avāci (அவாசி) noun < avācī. South, southern direction; தெற்குத்திசை. மாசிலா வவாசி நின்று [therkuthisai. masila vavasi ninru] (சேதுப. வேதாள. [sethupa. vethala.] 41).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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